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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 Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
always
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
Anthy
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
ascendant
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From this reading From that time onward, for a time, it was Nort the ascendant--yes, Nort the obstreperous!
away
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
back
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
chair
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
CHARIOT
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From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
comfortable
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
couldn't
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
cut
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
daylight
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
days
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From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
daytime
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
discreetly
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
down
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
DRIVES
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From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
driving
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
else
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
end
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From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
era
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From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
especially
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
evening
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
fan
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From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
farm
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
Fergus
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
fields
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
find
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From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
garden
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
get
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
hand
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
Harriet
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
Hempfield
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
incident
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From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading From that time onward, for a time, it was Nort the ascendant--yes, Nort the obstreperous!
lanes
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
lend
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
loiteringverbUS /ˈlɔɪtərɪŋ/
standing or moving slowly without a clear purpose
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
mare
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
marked
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From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
moist
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
more
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
noises
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
Nort
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
obstreperous
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From this reading From that time onward, for a time, it was Nort the ascendant--yes, Nort the obstreperous!
odours
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
office
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From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
often
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
old
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
onward
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From this reading From that time onward, for a time, it was Nort the ascendant--yes, Nort the obstreperous!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
out
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
PHAETON
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From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
pipe
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
porch
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
press
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
problems
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
quieted
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
road
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
rose
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
said
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From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
sat
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
slowly
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
smiling
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
smoked
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
sometimes
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
STAR
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From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
street
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
subdued
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From this reading As I have said, the incident of the fan marked the end of the era of Nort the subdued.
talk
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
three
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From that time onward, for a time, it was Nort the ascendant--yes, Nort the obstreperous!
tippednounUS /tipped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
town
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
tramping
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
trips
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
two
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
unaccountably
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From this reading PHAETON DRIVES THE CHARIOT OF THE "STAR" I find myself loitering unaccountably over every memory of those days in the office of the _Star_.
up
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From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
uppermost
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From that time onward, for a time, it was Nort the ascendant--yes, Nort the obstreperous!
week
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From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Sometimes when I could get away, and sometimes when I couldn't (Harriet smiling discreetly), I went up in the daytime to lend a hand in the office (especially on press days), and often in the evening I went for a talk with Nort or Anthy or the old Captain, or else for a good comfortable silence with Fergus while he sat tipped back in his chair on the little porch of the office, and smoked a pipe or so--and the daylight slowly went out, the moist evening odours rose up from the garden, and the noises in the street quieted down.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Not a week passed that I did not make two or three or more trips from my farm to Hempfield, sometimes tramping by the short cut across the fields and through the lanes, sometimes driving my old mare in the town road, and always with the problems of Anthy and Nort uppermost in my mind.
yes
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From this reading From that time onward, for a time, it was Nort the ascendant--yes, Nort the obstreperous!
