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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 One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
aspirate
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
backwoods
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
blue
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
burned
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
called
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
cheeks
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
clapped
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
clipped
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
Cockney
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
comrade
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
cracked
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
curled
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
deeper
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
dyed
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
eye
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
eyes
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
face
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
fellow
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From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
fellows
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From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
good-looking
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From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
hair
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
head
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
latter
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From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
like
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
Maine
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
man
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From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
Monument
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
opened
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
other
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From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
planters
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From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
possible
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From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
profusion
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
red
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
respects
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From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
robust
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
roving
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
sallow
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
Saxon
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
Shorty
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
tall
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
tallest
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From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
twang
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
twenty-five
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From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
unlike
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From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
viol
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
voice
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
well
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
well-shaped
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From this reading His cheeks were dyed with the fine Saxon red, burned deeper from his roving life: his blue eye opened well, and a profusion of fair hair curled over a well-shaped head.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
whole-souled
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From this reading The planters were both whole-souled fellows; but, in other respects, as unlike as possible.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
word
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
world
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From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
Yankee
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From this reading One was a tall, robust Yankee, born in the backwoods of Maine, sallow, and with a long face;—the other was a short little Cockney, who had first clapped his eyes on the Monument.
young
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From this reading The latter, though not the tallest man in the world, was a good-looking young fellow of twenty-five.
Zeke
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From this reading The voice of Zeke, the Yankee, had a twang like a cracked viol; and Shorty (as his comrade called him), clipped the aspirate from every word beginning with one.
