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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 ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
ANTI-SLAVERY
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a matter of fact, various influences had led him up to it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
Benjamin
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
board
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
came
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
community
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
criticised
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From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
difficult
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
dividednounUS /ˈdivided/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
drawn
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From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
Emancipation
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
event
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
extremes
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
fact
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
father
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
Garrison's
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
Genius
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
gentle
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As a matter of fact, various influences had led him up to it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As a matter of fact, various influences had led him up to it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
influences
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From this reading As a matter of fact, various influences had led him up to it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
led
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From this reading As a matter of fact, various influences had led him up to it.
Liberator
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
like
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
Longfellow's
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
Lundy's
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
MARRIAGE
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matter
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From this reading As a matter of fact, various influences had led him up to it.
now
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
other
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From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
pamphlet
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
Parties
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From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
POEMS
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
precursor
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
publishing
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
realize
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
return
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SECOND
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
series
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
shock
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
shunned
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
strongly
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From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
subdivisions
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From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
subject
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From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
subscriber
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From this reading His father had been a subscriber to Benjamin Lundy's "Genius of Universal Emancipation," the precursor of Garrison's "Liberator."
temperament
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
thoroughly
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
Universal
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up
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From this reading As a matter of fact, various influences had led him up to it.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
various
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From this reading As a matter of fact, various influences had led him up to it.
volume
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Parties on the subject were already strongly drawn; the anti-slavery party being itself divided into subdivisions which criticised each other sharply.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
writing
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From this reading ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS AND SECOND MARRIAGE It is difficult now to realize what an event in Longfellow's life was the fact of his writing a series of anti-slavery poems on board ship and publishing them in a thin pamphlet on his return.
yellow-covered
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From this reading Longfellow's temperament was thoroughly gentle and shunned extremes, so that the little thin yellow-covered volume came upon the community with something like a shock.
