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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 Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
allowed
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were picnics sometimes, and ferry-boat excursions.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
came
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
celebration
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From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
country
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From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
day
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
discovered
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From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
eight
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From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
excursions
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From this reading There were picnics sometimes, and ferry-boat excursions.
feature
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
ferry-boat
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From this reading There were picnics sometimes, and ferry-boat excursions.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
Fortunately
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From this reading Fortunately there were pleasanter things than these.
Fourth-of-July
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From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
Hessian
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
home
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
living
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From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
miles
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From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
Once
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From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
out
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
picnics
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From this reading There were picnics sometimes, and ferry-boat excursions.
pleasanternounUS /ˈpleasanter/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Fortunately there were pleasanter things than these.
present
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From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
proved
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
real
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From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
Revolutionary
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From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
said
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From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
seven
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From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
soldier
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From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
Some
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From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
sometimes
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From this reading There were picnics sometimes, and ferry-boat excursions.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Fortunately there were pleasanter things than these.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some one had discovered him living alone seven or eight miles in the country.
there
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From this reading Fortunately there were pleasanter things than these.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Fortunately there were pleasanter things than these.
things
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From this reading Fortunately there were pleasanter things than these.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
triumphantly
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
turned
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
walk
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From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fortunately there were pleasanter things than these.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But this feature proved a disappointment; for when the day came and he was triumphantly brought in he turned out to be a Hessian, and was allowed to walk home.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.