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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 Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
American
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
any
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
Author
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From this reading Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
away
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
beings
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
binding
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
blazing
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
boldly
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
book
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
bound
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
cents
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
Claim
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
clay
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
Company
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
congregated
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
Connection
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
copy
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
copyright
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
Cross-roads
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
crossing
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
De
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
dust
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
edition
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
enough
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
Etc
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From this reading Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
eye
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
fancied
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
far
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
Fauntleroy
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From this reading Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
few
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
fifty
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
follow
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
form
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
High
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
hot
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
human
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
hundred
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
imagination
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
immediate
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
interfere
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
issue
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
IssuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
Lady
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From this reading Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
Library
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
lively
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
Lord
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From this reading Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
market
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
mentioning
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
mercury
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
Monthly
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
much
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
News
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
ninety-eight
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
noon
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
occasion
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
ordinarily
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
other
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
own
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
owners
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
paper-covered
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
People's
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
placing
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
post-office
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
purchaser
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
Quality
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From this reading Author of "A Lady of Quality," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," Etc.
red
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
referred
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
roads
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
sanction
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
shade
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
sight
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
sold
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
sound
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
stretched
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
sun
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
Talbot's
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
there
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
transformed
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From this reading The roads crossing each other stretched themselves as far as the eye could follow them, the red clay transformed into red dust which even an ordinarily lively imagination might have fancied was red hot.
trees
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
unflinchingly
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
vicinity
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
volume
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
volumes
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
Willoughby
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
wishing
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From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The People's Library Issued Monthly By _The American News Company_ The owners of the copyright of this volume sanction the issue of this edition as a paper-covered book, to be sold at fifty cents; but, while not wishing to interfere with any purchaser binding his own copy, they do not sanction placing on the market any volumes of this edition bound in any other form.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
worth
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From this reading In Connection with The De Willoughby Claim High noon at Talbot's Cross-roads, with the mercury standing at ninety-eight in the shade--though there was not much shade worth mentioning in the immediate vicinity of the Cross-roads post-office, about which, upon the occasion referred to, the few human beings within sight and sound were congregated.
yards
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From this reading There were trees enough a few hundred yards away, but the post-office stood boldly and unflinchingly in the blazing sun.
