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109
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From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
148
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155
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201
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
214
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223
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
249
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258
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279
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
294
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307
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
341
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
74
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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 "Do you mean," I cried, "that you would make him a better wife than I do?"
ag'in
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
Amanda
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
ask
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
attention
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Balloon
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
beast
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beds
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begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
better
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Blackgum
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
blessedness
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
car
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climbing
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
Conch-shell
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Conscious
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
Cot
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From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Do you mean," I cried, "that you would make him a better wife than I do?"
Daughter
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
die
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
dig
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you mean," I cried, "that you would make him a better wife than I do?"
drawing
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
dreamed
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dreams
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eager
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Foreign
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
Frank
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Frenchman
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
Frontispiece
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Garden
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gardener
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
Gayther
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
Gayther's
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Gilded
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going
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
happen
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
Hermit's
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
hind
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
House
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Hunt
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
husband
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
Idol
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ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
IV
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IX
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
John
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Jonas
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
King
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legs
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
listened
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made
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makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Do you mean," I cried, "that you would make him a better wife than I do?"
marry
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
Master
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
mean
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Miss
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
Mistress
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most
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
Neighbor
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
Old
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
overpowering
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
Pomona
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
Prince
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
Professor
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
promptly
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
R
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Rill
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shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
Stockton
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From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
Stories
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thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Do you mean," I cried, "that you would make him a better wife than I do?"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Do you mean," I cried, "that you would make him a better wife than I do?"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
Therein
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From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
things
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
ThundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
ToldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
Translatophone
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
up
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
V
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From this reading John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein By Frank R. Stockton IV The Cot and the Rill 109 Told by the Mistress of the House V The Gilded Idol and the King Conch-shell 155 Told by the Master of the House
VI
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
Vice-consort
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
VII
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
VIII
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
whole
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From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
wife
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From this reading "Do you mean," I cried, "that you would make him a better wife than I do?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Frontispiece The gardener began promptly 74 "I made him dig up whole beds of things" 148 The great beast was drawing up his hind legs and was climbing into the car 214 Miss Amanda listened with the most eager and overpowering attention 258 And dreamed waking dreams of blessedness 294
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Do you mean," I cried, "that you would make him a better wife than I do?"
X
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From this reading VI My Balloon Hunt 201 Told by the Frenchman VII The Foreign Prince and the Hermit's Daughter 223 Told by Pomona and Jonas VIII The Conscious Amanda 249 Told by the Daughter of the House IX My Translatophone 279 Told by the Old Professor X The Vice-consort 307 Told by the Next Neighbor
XI
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From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading XI Blackgum ag'in' Thunder 341 Told by John Gayther "Are you going to ask me to marry your husband if you should happen to die?"
