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99
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
Anarchism
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
authorities
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
boom
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
broke
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
burning
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
capacities
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
Capital
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
cities
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
coming
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
commercial
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
consequence
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
coupled
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
currency
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
dangerous
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
death
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
debased
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
defiant
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
demoralizing
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
deposit
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
dire
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
distrustful
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
ears
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
effects
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
Europe
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
evils
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
Fateful
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
fled
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
force
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
frightful
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
gradually
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
hard
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
hatred
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
hid
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
industrial
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
Labor
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
lacking
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
land
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
larger
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
local
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
loudmouthed
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
malevolence
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
necessities
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
North
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
now
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
often
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
out
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
paternalism
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
pour
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
pressed
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
rampant
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
really
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
Republic
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
rioting
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
safe
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
serious
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
Socialism
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
spent
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
straits
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
strangling
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From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
taxing
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
times
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
timid
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
utmost
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
vaults
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From this reading Capital, ever timid and distrustful in such times, hid itself in safe deposit vaults, or fled to Europe.
very
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From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Labor, although really hard pressed and lacking the very necessities of life, was loudmouthed and defiant.
Washington
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
willing
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The commercial and industrial boom had spent its force, and now the frightful evils of a debased currency, coupled with demoralizing effects of rampant paternalism, were gradually strangling the land to death.
words
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From this reading Socialism and Anarchism found willing ears into which to pour their burning words of hatred and malevolence, and the consequence was that serious rioting broke out in the larger cities of the North, often taxing the capacities of the local authorities to the utmost.
year
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From this reading The “Fateful year of ’99” upon its coming in, found the Republic of Washington in dire and dangerous straits.
