Angel and the Badman

That Quirt Evans Is Surely Something

(Lesson 1)

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advice

a proposal for an appropriate course of action
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Take my advice...
bomb

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
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I'd just a soon have a black powder bomb in my house.
bunch

an informal body of friends
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...the two of them shot it out with the whole Clanton bunch.
chart

a visual display of information
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Chart 1089, record in my name...that's all.
corner

the point where two lines meet or intersect
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Have filed corner stakes...
day

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
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I know of a dozen men who'd ride night and day
deputy

someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
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When he and Wyatt Earp were deputies over in Tombstone.
exception

a deliberate act of omission
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Can't you make this one exception? No.
eye

the organ of sight
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They says he closed the eyes of many a man.
father

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
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Would you call my father please?
fort

a fortified military post where troops are stationed
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Fort Lansing.
gal

alliterative term for girl (or woman)
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Hmmm...he's quite a man with the gals.
gall

the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
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You've got your gall busting into my office.
good night

a conventional expression of farewell
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Good night.
gun

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
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How you don't believe in guns or anything like that, only doing good.
horse

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
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Give me that horse.
house

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
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You're injured man. Let us take you into the house.
key

metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
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My keys closed down for tonight.
lansing

capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River
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Fort Lansing.
light

any device serving as a source of illumination
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Bring a light with you.
ma'am

a woman of refinement
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Yes! ma'am...
man

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
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I know of a dozen men who'd ride night and day
mr.

a form of address for a man
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All sent, Mr. Evans.
name

a language unit by which a person or thing is known
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Chart 1089, record in my name...that's all.
night

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
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Sorry, closed down for the night.
notch

a small cut
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See how many notches he has got in his gun.
office

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
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You've got your gall busting into my office.
one

the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
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Can't you make this one exception? No.
people

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
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I've heard about you people.
plot

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
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...on plots 234... 235.
powder

a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
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I'd just a soon have a black powder bomb in my house.
question

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
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What a question!
recorder

equipment for making records
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Territorial Recorders office.
schedule

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
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Can't go against the schedule. Closed down.
something

an object whose nature is yet to be defined
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That Quirt Evans is surely something.
stake

a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
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Have filed corner stakes...
station

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
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I got to go on. I got to get to the telegraph station.
sure

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
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Sure ain't going to touch it and find out
telegraph

apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
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I got to go on. I got to get to the telegraph station.
tonight

the present or immediately coming night
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My keys closed down for tonight.
wagon

any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
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To the wagon,
way

how something is done or how it happens
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He might wake up and take it the wrong way.
woman

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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And opened the eyes of many a women.
yes

an affirmative
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Yes! ma'am...
be

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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Why! He ain't dead, is he?
believe

accept as true; take to be true
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How you don't believe in guns or anything like that, only doing good.
bring

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
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Bring a light with you.
bust

break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
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You've got your gall busting into my office.
call

send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
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Would you call my father please?
close

move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
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They says he closed the eyes of many a man.
close down

cease to operate or cause to cease operating
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Sorry, closed down for the night.
come

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
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No. Come out of there, you!
file

record in a public office or in a court of law
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Have filed corner stakes...
find out

get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
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Sure ain't going to touch it and find out
get

enter or assume a certain state or condition
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Get in here. What?
get

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
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You've got your gall busting into my office.
get

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
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See how many notches he has got in his gun.
get

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
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I got to go on. I got to get to the telegraph station.
give

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
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Give me that horse.
go against

act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
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Can't go against the schedule. Closed down.
go on

continue a certain state, condition, or activity
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He couldn't go on, nor could you.
have

have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
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See how many notches he has got in his gun.
hear

receive a communication from someone
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I've heard about you people.
knock out

knock unconscious or senseless
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No, just knocked out!
know

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
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I know, but this is urgent...
know

be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
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You know him?
let

make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
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You're injured man. Let us take you into the house.
look

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
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Look at his gun.
make

make or cause to be or to become
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Can't you make this one exception? No.
open

cause to open or to become open
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And opened the eyes of many a women.
prowl

move about in or as if in a predatory manner
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Night prowling around here, like this.
record

make a record of; set down in permanent form
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Chart 1089, record in my name...that's all.
ride

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
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I know of a dozen men who'd ride night and day
say

express in words
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They says he closed the eyes of many a man.
see

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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See how many notches he has got in his gun.
send

cause to go somewhere
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You can write it, but I won't send it anyway.
shoot

fire a shot
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...the two of them shot it out with the whole Clanton bunch.
sign

mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
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How shall I sign it?
stand for

tolerate or bear
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I won't stand for it!
stay away

stay clear of, avoid
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You stay plenty far away from Mr. Quirt Evans.
take

take somebody somewhere
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We'll take you. Penelope!
take

receive willingly something given or offered
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Take my advice...
take

interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
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He might wake up and take it the wrong way.
thank

express gratitude or show appreciation to
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Thank you very much for your advice. Goodnight.
think

judge or regard; look upon; judge
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Who do you think you're anyway?
touch

make physical contact with, come in contact with
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Sure ain't going to touch it and find out
wake up

cause to become awake or conscious
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He might wake up and take it the wrong way.
write

communicate or express by writing
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You can write it, but I won't send it anyway.
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