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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 year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
ADVERSE
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From this reading ADVERSE FORTUNE.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
Alice
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
all
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
also
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
Arthur
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
autumn
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
Barholm
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
busy
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
Charley
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
check
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
clothes
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
contentment
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
cook
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
cotton
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
crop
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
day
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
dry
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
flour-bags
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
followed
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
foolishly
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
FORTUNEnounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ADVERSE FORTUNE.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
frost
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
Grange
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
grew
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
grown
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
hearts
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
home
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
known
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
learned
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
lighter
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
lost
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
love
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
man
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
many
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
mend
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
other
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
out
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
own
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
pieces
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
prairie
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
promised
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
rode
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
rooms
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
season
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
sister
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
some
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
sowed
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
summer
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
sweep
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
tall
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
there
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
things
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
thrashing
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
used
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From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
well
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From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
wheat
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But they sowed another, which promised well, and so one summer day Arthur and he rode home from Barholm Grange with lighter hearts than they had known for some time.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had also learned to mend his own clothes with pieces of cotton flour-bags, cook, and sweep out their rooms when his sister Alice was busy, besides many other things he used foolishly to think beneath him; and there was but one check to his contentment--they had lost another crop.
worth
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From this reading Again autumn frost followed a dry season, and all that was left of the wheat was not worth thrashing.
year
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
young
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From this reading A year passed, and Charley, who grew into a tall young man, had grown to love the prairie.
