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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 In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
away
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
back
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
baled
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
bare
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From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
barearmed
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From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
barefoot
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
bored
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
breast-bone
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From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
Buckman's
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
bullets
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
cartridges
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
casting
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
cross-legged
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
crucible
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
damp
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
Danvers
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
dark
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
dim
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
drummer
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
emptied
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
empty
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
fed
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
fell
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
floor
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
freshly
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
gate-post
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
glittering
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
Heels
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
Hooper's
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
house
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
illuminating
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
interior
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
lead
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
Lexington
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From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
line
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From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
loopholesnounUS /ˈloopholes/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
lumps
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
Men
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
metal
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
Minute
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
molten
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
Near
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
others
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
out
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
parson
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
pile
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
powder-horns
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
pray
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
rifles
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From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
rolling
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
sat
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
shirts
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From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
shoot
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From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
shutters
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
Silver
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
some
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
stripped
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
sunlight
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From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
tap-room
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
Tavern
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
thrust
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From this reading In their shirts, barearmed and bare of throat to the breast-bone, a score of Lexington Minute Men stood along the line of loopholes, their long rifles thrust out.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tavern was dim and damp; through freshly bored loopholes in the shutters sunlight fell, illuminating the dark interior.
watched
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
white-hot
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From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading From time to time the parson of Woburn, who had come to pray and shoot, took away the pile of empty powder-horns and brought back others to be emptied.
window
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Silver Heels stood in the tap-room of "Buckman's Tavern" casting bullets; the barefoot drummer watched the white-hot crucible and baled out the glittering molten metal or fed it with lumps of lead stripped from the gate-post of Hooper's house in Danvers.
Woburn
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From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Near the window sat some Woburn Minute Men, cross-legged on the worn floor, rolling cartridges.
