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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
aristocratic
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From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
Ashendyne
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From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
Ashendynes
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
August
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
back
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
Balm
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Gilead Balm was impressed, but not greatly impressed.
came
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
early
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
editor
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
editorship
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
fairy
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
fiery
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
Georgian
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From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
Gilead
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
greatly
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From this reading Gilead Balm was impressed, but not greatly impressed.
Grub
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From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
Hagar's
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
harked
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From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
Home
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
impressed
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From this reading Gilead Balm was impressed, but not greatly impressed.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
law
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
Magazine
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
mid-century
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
naturally
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
needed
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From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
NEW
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Gilead Balm was impressed, but not greatly impressed.
old
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
out
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
People's
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
planting
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
political
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
published
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
said
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From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
saw
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From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
soldiery
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
story
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
stream
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
Streetish
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From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
Stuart
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From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
There
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
times
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From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
tradition
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From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gilead Balm was impressed, but not greatly impressed.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There had been editor Ashendynes, in the old fiery, early, and mid-century times, but editorship came out naturally from the political stream, and the political, with law, planting, and soldiery, had been the Ashendyne stream.
writer
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From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
writers
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From this reading It had the aristocratic tradition as to writers; no Ashendyne had ever needed to be one.
YORK
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Ashendyne mind harked back to Early Georgian, even to Stuart times; when you said "writer" it saw something Grub Streetish.
Young
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From this reading NEW YORK In August--the Ashendynes being back at Gilead Balm--the "Young People's Home Magazine" published Hagar's fairy story.
