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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 BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
ages
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
anguish
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
apart
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
backs
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
bent
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
book
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
brows
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
BURYING
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
cannot
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
chords
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
closed
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
cowboy
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
crabbed
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
emotion
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
endure
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
furrowed
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
gain
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
hand
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
hard
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
hard-riding
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
harmonies
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
HATCHET
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
haunting
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
hearts
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
heavy
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From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
just
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
knotted
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
labor
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
laborers
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
lot
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
makes
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
monotony
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
oak
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
others
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
out
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
paint
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
patience
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
people
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
perform
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
pictures
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
place
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
plains
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
play
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
poetry
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
reach
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
realities
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
return
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
romance
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
rope
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
sensitiveness
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
slender
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
Some
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From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
stress
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
subtleties
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
There
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
thousand
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
toil
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
too
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
unequal
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
unknown
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
unremitting
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
very
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From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
violin
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
weather
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
whirls
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From this reading BURYING THE HATCHET To the hard-riding cowboy of the plains, the subtleties of emotion and romance are a closed book--just as the hand that whirls the rope is too crabbed to play the violin.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
wind-tossed
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From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Some hands must be knotted, some backs bent with labor, some brows furrowed with wind and weather and the hard realities of life; but in return the laborers gain the strength of the wind-tossed oak and the patience of the ages.
work
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From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
world
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From this reading Some of us in this world must do the heavy work.
write
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From this reading There are others whose lot it is to write the poetry and paint the pictures and reach out into the great unknown for a thousand haunting chords and harmonies; but they are a people apart.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Their very sensitiveness makes them unequal to the stress of life; their slender hands cannot perform hard labor, and their hearts cannot endure the monotony and anguish of unremitting toil--yet they have their place in the world.
