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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 It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
accent
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
all
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
Anne's
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
Catholic
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
coarse
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
features
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
few
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
fields
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From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
foreign
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
fortunate
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From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
French
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
grace
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
habitant
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
holy
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
how
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
ideals
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
Indian
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
Joseph's
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
land
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
lips
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
locate
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
man
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From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
missionary
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
more
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From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
much
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
named
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
names
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
natural
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
needed
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
neighbor
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From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
neighbor's
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From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
often
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
once
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
only
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
outlandishness
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
prairie
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From this reading The _prairie_, the _voyageur_!
refinement
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
richer
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From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
richest
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From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
sentiment
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
St
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
There
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From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Or does every man think his neighbor is the richer and more fortunate man, his neighbor’s fields the richest?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
vowels
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
voyageur
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From this reading Next to the Indian, the French missionary and voyageur and Catholic habitant have named the natural features of the land.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There was so much grace and sentiment and refinement in the names, how could they be coarse who took them so often on their lips,—St. Anne’s, St. Joseph’s; the holy Anne’s, the holy Joseph’s!
words
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From this reading It needed only a little outlandishness in the names, a little foreign accent, a few more vowels in the words, to make me locate all my ideals at once.
