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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 "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
accepted
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From this reading They must go to him instantly, and tell him that they accepted; they must telegraph him.
All
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
angry
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From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
any
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From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
case
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From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
change
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From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
clearly
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
comfort
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
coming
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From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
delightful
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
develop
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
district
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From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
Dryfoos
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From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
Fulkerson
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
get
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From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
glad
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
go
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From this reading They must go to him instantly, and tell him that they accepted; they must telegraph him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
he'd
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From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
how
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
instantly
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From this reading They must go to him instantly, and tell him that they accepted; they must telegraph him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
lost
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From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
made
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
March
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
messenger
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From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading They must go to him instantly, and tell him that they accepted; they must telegraph him.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
night
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From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
notion
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
only
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From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
plain
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From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
points
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
proud
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
quickly
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
really
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
said
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
see
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
seized
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From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
send
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From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
submitverbUS /səbˈmɪt/
to accept another person's control or a difficult situation
From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
telegraph
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From this reading They must go to him instantly, and tell him that they accepted; they must telegraph him.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They must go to him instantly, and tell him that they accepted; they must telegraph him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
then
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From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
there
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From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was only angry that they had lost any time in coming to submit so plain a case to her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
week
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From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
well
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From this reading "Might as well send a district messenger; he'd get there next week," said Fulkerson.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "All right," said March, glad of the notion; and it was really a comfort to have Fulkerson with him to develop all the points; and it was delightful to see how clearly and quickly she seized them; it made March proud of her.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Mr. Dryfoos might change his mind in the night, and then everything would be lost.
