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abstemious
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
access
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From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
address
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
adjournment
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
all
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
Camp
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
Certain
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
civilians
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
Cooke
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
crowded
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
devoted
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
episode
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
evening
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
exhibited
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
exhibition
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From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
fact
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From this reading But the fact was indisputable.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
feminine
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
Francisco
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
frequenters
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
graceful
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
hand
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
indisputable
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From this reading But the fact was indisputable.
interrogative
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
letters
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
major
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
mildly
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From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
Naomi
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
Nevins
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
observant
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
officers
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
place
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
putting
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From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
received
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
recently
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
sad
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
San
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
Sancho's
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
say
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From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
shack
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
signed
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
silent
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
sutler's
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
talk
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
there
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
tongues
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From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
too
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
two
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
unusually
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From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Certain civilians were there, too, frequenters of Sancho's place, but they were silent, observant and unusually abstemious.
wife
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From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sutler's "shack" at Camp Cooke was crowded with officers that evening and the episode of Nevins' address was the talk of all tongues.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To say that Nevins had astonished everybody by an exhibition of feeling and an access of conscience would be putting it mildly.
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi."
