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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
AFTERprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
agoin
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
almost
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SQUIRE PETERNOT AT HOME.
bag
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
bilin
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
black
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
boys
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
bureau
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
came
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
carried
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
coin
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
corner
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
countenance
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
dismissing
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
door
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
dressed
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
dull
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
entered
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
expression
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
feeble
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
fire
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
fist
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
got
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
grim
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
hain't
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
happens
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
HOME
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From this reading SQUIRE PETERNOT AT HOME.
how
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
Huh
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
Huswick
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
kitchen
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
knew
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
knocking
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
Mrs
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
office
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
old
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
PETERNOT
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From this reading SQUIRE PETERNOT AT HOME.
Peternot's
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
place
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
room
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
said
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
scarcely
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
scowling
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
served
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
signal
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
soft
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
sour
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
SQUIRE
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From this reading SQUIRE PETERNOT AT HOME.
stern
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
taters
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From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
there
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
thump
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From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
under-part
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From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading AFTER dismissing the Huswick boys, Squire Peternot carried his bag of coin into the room which served him as an office, where he had scarcely time to place it in a corner beside a bureau, when there came a dull thump at the kitchen door.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He knew Mrs. Peternot’s signal, knocking with the soft under-part of her feeble fist, and went to let her in.
woman
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
wrinkled
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From this reading She was a thin, wrinkled woman, dressed in black, with an expression of countenance almost as stern and sour as that of the grim old squire himself.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “Huh!” said she, scowling as she entered, “how happens it ye hain’t got the fire agoin’ an’ the taters bilin’?”
