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1850
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From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
25th
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From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
4th
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
back
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
Boston
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
Canada
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
cold
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
CONCORD
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
days
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
distance
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
dollars
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
down
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From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
FareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
fear
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
fellow-travelers
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From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
fifteen
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From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
five
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
Friday
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
going
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
got
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
hundred
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
leave
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
Massachusetts
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From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
miles
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
MONTREAL
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
much
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
names
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From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
obliged
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
October
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
only
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From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
Quebec
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From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
reader
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From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
return
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
said
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From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
say
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
seen
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From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
September
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From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
set
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From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
seven
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
soon
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
stop
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From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
ten
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
there
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From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
walk
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From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
Wednesday
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From this reading I left Concord, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning, September 25th, 1850, for Quebec.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading CONCORD TO MONTREAL I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will not stop to tell the reader the names of my fellow-travelers; there were said to be fifteen hundred of them.
wished
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From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Fare, seven dollars there and back; distance from Boston, five hundred and ten miles; being obliged to leave Montreal on the return as soon as Friday, October 4th, or within ten days.
woods
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From this reading I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of an afternoon.
