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affected
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
Andy
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
back
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From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
based
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
cheeks
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From this reading Frona's cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkling.
childhood
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From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
conservative
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
Corliss
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From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
dangerous
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
discussion
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
drawn
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
Dyea
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
enthusiasm
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
eyes
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From this reading Frona's cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkling.
fact
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
faintly
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From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
FairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
father
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
filled
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
flaxen-haired
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
flushed
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From this reading Frona's cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkling.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
Frona
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
Frona's
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From this reading Frona's cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkling.
gained
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
general
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
harking
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From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
heat
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Frona's cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkling.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
knowledge
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
largely
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
likeness
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
more
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
mother
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From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
old
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
out
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
Post
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
proud
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From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
race
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From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
remembered
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From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
said
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
Saxon
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
solidly
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
sparkling
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From this reading Frona's cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkling.
telling
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From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
then
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
things
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
turned
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From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
typically
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From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Frona's cheeks were flushed and her eyes sparkling.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The discussion had then turned upon the race in general, and Frona had said things in the heat of enthusiasm which affected the more conservative mind of Corliss as dangerous and not solidly based on fact.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They had both been harking back to childhood, and she had been telling Corliss of her mother, whom she faintly remembered.
why
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From this reading "And why should I not be proud of my race?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Fair and flaxen-haired, typically Saxon, was the likeness she had drawn, filled out largely with knowledge gained from her father and from old Andy of the Dyea Post.
