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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 A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
affair
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
all
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
back
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
bedquilts
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From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
box
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
calf
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
canvas
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
Carefully
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From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
chairs
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
clay-stained
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
collection
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
contained
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
cottage-organ
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From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
covered
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
cow
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
dishes
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
dismally
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
drawn
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
earthly
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
family
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
following
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
former
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
hair-covered
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
head
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
home
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
hood
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
hoops
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
horns
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
horse
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
household
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From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
impatiently
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
JEFF
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
joy
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From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
kettles
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
mattresses
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
mooed
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
musty
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
observer
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
old
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
pails
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
pans
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
PeeringverbUS /ˈpɪrɪŋ/
looking closely or carefully
From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
possessions
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
pots
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
rear
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
rickety
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
rope
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
ropes
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From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
see
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
skeleton
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
smoothing-irons
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
sooty
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
straw
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
stretched
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
table
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
Tethered
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
three
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
tied
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From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
tossed
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From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
trunk
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From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
two
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Peering under the hood of the wagon, an observer might see two musty straw mattresses, an old hair-covered trunk, a table, three chairs, a box of dishes, and a sooty collection of pots, pans, kettles, pails, and smoothing-irons.
wabbly
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
wagon
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
WARREN
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
way
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
wheels
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From this reading A wagon, a rickety affair on wabbly wheels, covered by a clay-stained canvas stretched over hoops, and drawn by a skeleton of a horse, contained all their earthly possessions.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Tethered to the wagon in the rear was a cow which tossed her head impatiently under the rope around her horns, and dismally mooed to her following calf.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
women
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From this reading |JEFF WARREN and the two women of his family were on their way back to their former home.
wrapped
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From this reading Carefully wrapped in bedquilts, and tied with ropes, was the household joy, a cottage-organ.
