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acres
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
away
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
bank
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
bank's
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
became
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
Belt
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
bins
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
burned
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
ceaseless
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
Company
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
company's
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
counted
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
crop
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
Culpepper
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
days
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
enough
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
estimates
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
farmers
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
field
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
five
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
four
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
fraudulent
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
gloriously
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
going
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
Golden
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
harvested
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
Hendricks
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
hours
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
judged
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
July
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
June
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
land
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
leave
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
less
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
loans
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
longer
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
lying
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
machines
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
married
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
miles
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
Molly
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
more
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
mortgages
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
office
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
only
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
pay
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
pouring
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
railroad
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
redeem
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
rent
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
Robert
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
seventy-two
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
share
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
sitting
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
six
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
stream
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
then
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
there
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From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
thousand
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
three
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
threshed
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
threshing
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
two
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
week
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From this reading So three weeks and two days, from the first of July, became three weeks, then two weeks and six days, and then one week and six days, and then six days, five days, four days, three days; and then it became seventy-two hours.
weeks
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From this reading As June burned itself gloriously into July, Robert Hendricks no longer counted the weeks until Molly Culpepper should be married, but counted the days.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
Wheat
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From this reading And the three threshing machines of the Golden Belt Wheat Company were pouring their ceaseless stream into the company's great bins.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading From that he judged that there would be enough to redeem his share of the farmers' mortgages, which in Hendricks' mind could be nothing but rent for the land, and to pay his share of the bank's fraudulent loans to the company--and leave nothing more.
year's
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From this reading The railroad was only five miles away, and Hendricks was sitting in his office in the bank going over and over his estimates of the year's crop which was still lying in the field,--save the crop from less than two thousand acres that was harvested and threshed.
