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Advanced
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From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
Christian
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
death
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
empire
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
end
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From this reading But the most wonderful thing is, my wife never thinks of her end.
fact
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
forever
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From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
hardly
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
heaven
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From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But the most wonderful thing is, my wife never thinks of her end.
How
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
huge
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
incredulity
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
indefatigable
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
inexhaustible
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From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the most wonderful thing is, my wife never thinks of her end.
just
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From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
knows
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From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
littered
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
made
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From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
matches
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From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
most
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From this reading But the most wonderful thing is, my wife never thinks of her end.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the most wonderful thing is, my wife never thinks of her end.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
other
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
painstaking
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
peck
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
peppers
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
Peter
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From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
picked
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
pickled
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
Piper
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From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
plain
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
plainer
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
seems
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
set
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From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
teem
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From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
theory
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the most wonderful thing is, my wife never thinks of her end.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
thinks
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From this reading But the most wonderful thing is, my wife never thinks of her end.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
wife
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From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading How she would have set in order that huge littered empire of the one, and with indefatigable painstaking picked the peck of pickled peppers for the other.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the most wonderful thing is, my wife never thinks of her end.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That matches are made in heaven, may be, but my wife would have been just the wife for Peter the Great, or Peter the Piper.
years
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From this reading Advanced in years, as she knows she must be, my wife seems to think that she is to teem on, and be inexhaustible forever.
youthful
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From this reading Her youthful incredulity, as to the plain theory, and still plainer fact of death, hardly seems Christian.
