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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 A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
artistically
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
aspect
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
B
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
baron's
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
blue
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
box
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
bridge
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
cab
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
caravan
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
carts
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
conducted
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
crossed
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
curtained
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
depicted
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
drawn
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
driver's
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
events
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
eye
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
folks
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
four
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
front
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
hid
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
horses
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LIVING-WAGON IN THE STORM.
insignia
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
interlaced
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
J
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
kind
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
large
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
lighted
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
like
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
LIVING-WAGON
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From this reading THE LIVING-WAGON IN THE STORM.
Metz
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
muslin
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
Nancy
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
painted
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
people
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
Pont-a-Mousson
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
postboys
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
pretty
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
queer
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
see
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
show
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
sort
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
STORM
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From this reading THE LIVING-WAGON IN THE STORM.
style
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
surmounting
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From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LIVING-WAGON IN THE STORM.
theatrical
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From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Nothing like this caravan, as show people style the kind, had ever crossed the bridge, though the good folks see theatrical carts of queer aspect.
town
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
two
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
vulgar
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
week
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From this reading A week after the events depicted, a living-wagon drawn by four horses and conducted by two postboys, left Pont-a-Mousson, a pretty town between Nancy and Metz.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
windows
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From this reading This box was lighted by two windows, curtained with muslin, but they were in the front, where a sort of driver's cab hid them from the vulgar eye.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The body was large and painted blue, with a baron's insignia, surmounting a J. and a B., artistically interlaced.
