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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 that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
adopted
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
apprenticed
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
Badger
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
Boonville
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
boy
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
called
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
chapter
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
Cooke
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
delicate
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
DOauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading EBEN FINDS SOMETHING TO DO.
EBEN
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From this reading EBEN FINDS SOMETHING TO DO.
English
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
FAIRCHILD
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
Fairchild's
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
family
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
farmer
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
fellow
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
FINDS
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From this reading EBEN FINDS SOMETHING TO DO.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
former
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
Grandma
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
Jeduthun
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
kind
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
lived
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
miller
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
Mrs
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
much
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
now
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
old
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
only
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
own
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
peaked
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
pretty
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
probably
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
read
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
readers
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
recollect
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
relatives
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
rescued
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
respectable
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
said
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
Series
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
seven
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
slender
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
some
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
SOMETHINGpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading EBEN FINDS SOMETHING TO DO.
son
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
Springs
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
staying
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From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
then
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading EBEN FINDS SOMETHING TO DO.
too
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
understood
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From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
volumes
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From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Those who have read the former volumes of "The Boonville Series" will recollect the little English boy whom Jeduthun Cooke, the miller, rescued from his cruel relatives.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading EBEN FAIRCHILD was not Mrs. Fairchild's own son, as my readers will probably have understood from the last chapter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading After staying about for some time, now with one kind family and now with another, Eben was first apprenticed to, and then adopted by, a respectable farmer who lived between Boonville and the Springs.
Wright
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
years
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From this reading At that time Eben Wright, as he was then called, was only seven years old—a pretty, slender, delicate little fellow; too peaked, Grandma Badger said, ever to amount to much.
