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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 course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
AcademynounUS /əˈkæd.ə.mi/
A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
all-fired
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
Aunt
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
buy
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
came
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From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
carouse
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
catch
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
cattle
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
church
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
click-clack
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
consistent
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
cusses
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
dip
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
doors
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
Edna
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From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
erased
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
expects
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
few
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
forwarded
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
Fount
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
gab
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
Gardner
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
getting
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
go
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
gone
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
greatest
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
hain't
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
hardly
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
havin
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
heels
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
high
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
house
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
how
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
inside
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
Jerry
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
kind
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
leads
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
letter
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From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
lines
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
litany
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
lonesome
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
man
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
meetin
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
meets
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
minister
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
missed
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
new
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
niece
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
now
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
off
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
ones
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
out
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
overhaulin
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
own
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
persuasion
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
petticoats
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
Phil
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
primmer
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
read
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
ritual
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
Roy
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From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
Ruth
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
sams
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
sent
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
slower
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
slowly
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
some
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From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
stairs
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
strike
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
substituted
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
synagogue
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
telling
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
there
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From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The persuasion meets now in the Academy, and go it kind of ritual, with the litany and some of the _sams_, which they read slower than time in the primmer.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In course of time there came a letter to Edna from Roy.
together
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
Uncle
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
Unitarian
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
up
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
whisk
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From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It had been sent by him to Aunt Jerry, and by her to Uncle Phil, who forwarded it to his niece, together with a few lines of his own, telling how “all-fired lonesome he was, and how he missed her gab, and the click-clack of her high heels on the stairs, and the whisk of her petticoats through the doors.”
word
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
work
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
wrote
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From this reading “The synagogue is getting along slowly,” he wrote, “for the _cusses_—” (he erased that word as hardly consistent for a man who was running a church, and substituted “cattle,” so that it read) “the _cattle_ are on another strike, what hain’t gone over to work on the Unitarian meetin’ house, which is havin’ the greatest kind of overhaulin’ inside and out.
young
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From this reading Ruth Gardner leads off, and is getting up another carouse to buy a _Fount_ to dip the young ones in, and expects to catch the new minister.
