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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 Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
admirable
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
all
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
always
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
American
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
ants
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From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
battle
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
blare
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
blaze
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
bowed
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
Buildings
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From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
busy
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capitals
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
CITIZEN
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
country
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
creatures
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
crippled
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
daily
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
dug
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
faces
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
factories
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From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
forms
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
heaped-up
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
hives
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
hurt
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
importance
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From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
industry
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
JOHN
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
like
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From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
Men
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mines
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
out
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
pale
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
population
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
poured
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products
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
PROMINENT
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
ran
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RAWN
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From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
resources
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
rich
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
shorn
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
sky
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From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
small
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
smoke
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From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
soil
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
some
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
sprang
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From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
steady
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
stone
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
stream
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
stunted
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
twice
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
unceasingly
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From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
unspeakable
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
up
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From this reading Buildings sprang up, factories poured their smoke unceasingly into the sky.
Vast
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From this reading Vast hives of heaped-up stone twice daily poured out their population of small creatures, some of them crippled, hurt, shorn in the battle of life, their faces pale, their forms bowed and stunted before their time.
wealth
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOHN RAWN, PROMINENT CITIZEN I The blare and blaze of American life went on in all its capitals of industry.
West
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From this reading Out of the rich West poured always a steady stream of the products of the soil and of the mines, wealth unspeakable, dug from the resources of this admirable country of ours.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Men ran hither and thither like ants, busy about what seemed to them of importance.
