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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 Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
all
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
blackberry
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
briers
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
Carlton
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
cordially
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From this reading "That work's too hard for you," Henley greeted her cordially.
dense
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
Dixie
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From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
down
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
drive
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
elapsed
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From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
extended
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
farm
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
feeding
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
fields
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "That work's too hard for you," Henley greeted her cordially.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
gloves
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
greeted
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From this reading "That work's too hard for you," Henley greeted her cordially.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
hard
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From this reading "That work's too hard for you," Henley greeted her cordially.
Hart
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From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
heavy
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
Henley
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From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
I've
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
jobs
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
mending
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
now
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
patch
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
picnics
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
prickly
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
rail-fence
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
rails
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
reached
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
road
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
round
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
see
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From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
shoulders
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
sorts
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
splitting
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
started
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From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
steam
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
sunbonnet
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From this reading She had on a sunbonnet and heavy gloves, and stood in a dense patch of prickly blackberry briers which reached to her shoulders.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That work's too hard for you," Henley greeted her cordially.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
thresher
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From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
too
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From this reading "That work's too hard for you," Henley greeted her cordially.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
week
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From this reading Henley did not see Dixie Hart till a week had elapsed.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "I've done all sorts of jobs on a farm, from splitting rails to feeding a steam thresher, and they are picnics beside what you are now at."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had started to drive over to Carlton one morning, when he passed her as she was mending a rail-fence round one of her fields which extended down to the road.
work's
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From this reading "That work's too hard for you," Henley greeted her cordially.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "That work's too hard for you," Henley greeted her cordially.
