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affairs
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
all
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
America
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
cold
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
companions
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
conveyances
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
country
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
day's
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
encountered
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
Englishmen
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
faces
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
farmers
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
grades
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
home
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
HOUSE
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
insufferable
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
intolerable
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
jostle
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
kinds
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
LEGISLATURE
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From this reading THE LEGISLATURE.
men
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
most
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
o'clock
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
occasions
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
often
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
own
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
perhaps
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
Philadelphia
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
PRESIDENT'S
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
public
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
publicans
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
settled
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
six
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
small
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
some
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
States
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From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
steamboat
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
subsequent
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LEGISLATURE.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Of all grades and kinds of men that jostle one in the public conveyances of the States, these are often the most intolerable and the most insufferable companions.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
travelling
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From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
turned
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
very
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From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
WASHINGTON
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From this reading WASHINGTON.
WEpronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading AND THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE WE left Philadelphia by steamboat, at six o’clock one very cold morning, and turned our faces towards Washington.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In the course of this day’s journey, as on subsequent occasions, we encountered some Englishmen (small farmers, perhaps, or country publicans at home) who were settled in America, and were travelling on their own affairs.
