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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 I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
abroad
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
afterward
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
ages
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
Anton
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
back
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From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
Bohemia
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
Bohemian
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
came
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
children
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
cousin
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
Cuzak
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
else
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
family
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
force
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
friend
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
hard
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
heard
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
husband
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
intervened
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From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
Jelinek
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
kept
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From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
Lake
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
large
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
letter
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
man
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
many
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
married
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
met
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
Months
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
much
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
names
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
native
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
old
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
Once
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
photographs
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
Prague
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
promise
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From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
Salt
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
saw
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
sent
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
signed
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
Soderball
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
some
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
soon
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
telling
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From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
Tiny
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
twenty
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From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
very
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
village
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From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
well
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From this reading When I met Tiny Soderball in Salt Lake, she told me that Ántonia had not ‘done very well’; that her husband was not a man of much force, and she had had a hard life.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Once when I was abroad I went into Bohemia, and from Prague I sent Ántonia some photographs of her native village.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
years
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From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
young
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From this reading I heard of her from time to time; that she married, very soon after I last saw her, a young Bohemian, a cousin of Anton Jelinek; that they were poor, and had a large family.
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Months afterward came a letter from her, telling me the names and ages of her many children, but little else; signed, ‘Your old friend, Ántonia Cuzak.’
Ántonia
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From this reading I I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise.
