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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 Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
article
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
beautiful
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
boys
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
carriage
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
chains
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
clanking
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
day
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
dear
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
diamond
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
discouraged
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From this reading This had discouraged him very much.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
dollars
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
drawn
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
dreamed
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
drive
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
else
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From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
fishing
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
five
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
flashing
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
gems
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
heard
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This had discouraged him very much.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
Hiram
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From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
horses
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
hundred
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
just
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
list
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
lived
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
loved
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From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
money
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
more
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From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
mother
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From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
much
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From this reading This had discouraged him very much.
new
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
Now
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From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
often
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
own
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
pair
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
rich
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
sight
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
single
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
some
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
sometimes
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
summer
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
things
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This had discouraged him very much.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
very
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From this reading This had discouraged him very much.
village
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
visitors
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From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
wanted
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From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
WheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sight of the flashing gems on the hands of some of the summer visitors at the fishing village in which he lived had added a new article to the list of beautiful things his mother was some day to own.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whenever he dreamed of being rich some time, as boys often do, it was not for himself he wanted the money, but that his dear little mother might drive in a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses with clanking chains.
world
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From this reading Now Hiram loved his mother more than anything else in the world.
worth
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From this reading He had heard that just one single diamond was sometimes worth five hundred dollars or more.
