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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 At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
articles
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
August
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From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
Beckwith
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
bedside
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From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
believed
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From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
Brander
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
called
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From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
card
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
Carroll
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
Clemens
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
closed
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From this reading It was a season that closed sadly.
cob
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
copyright
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
cottage
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
end
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From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
forgiven
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
game
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a season that closed sadly.
Keokuk
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From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
Matthews
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
meantimenounUS /ˈmiːntaɪm/
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
most
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
mother's
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From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
near
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From this reading Clemens was called to Keokuk in August, to his mother's bedside, for it was believed that her end was near.
odd
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
Onteora
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From this reading She rallied, and he returned to Onteora.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
painted
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
pipe
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
piquet
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
portrait
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
rallied
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From this reading She rallied, and he returned to Onteora.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She rallied, and he returned to Onteora.
sadly
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From this reading It was a season that closed sadly.
sat
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
season
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
seem
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She rallied, and he returned to Onteora.
smoked
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
taught
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
there
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
times
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
vogue
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
walked
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From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a season that closed sadly.
way
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From this reading At odd times he sat to Carroll Beckwith for his portrait, and smoked a cob pipe meantime, so Beckwith painted him in that way.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Clemens would seem to have forgiven Brander Matthews for his copyright articles, for he walked over to the Matthews cottage one morning and asked to be taught piquet, the card game most in vogue there that season.
