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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 THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
All
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
always
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
amiably
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
boys
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
brood
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
buried
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
business
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
called
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
came
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
care
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
carried
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
certain
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
chickens
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
comforted
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
coming
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
conducted
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
Cottage
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
days
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
dying
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
Ellisville
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
END
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
enough
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
error
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
establishment
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
fault
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
fed
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
fell
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
gone
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
gunshot
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
hastened
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
heart
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
heiress
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
hen
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
Hotel
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
husband
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
judgment
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
kind
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
kindness
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
lady
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
large
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
led
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
loved
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
made
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
men
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
new
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
nursed
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
old
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
ones
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
palmy
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
perhaps
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
place
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
places
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From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
range
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
repair
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
roistering
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
singularly
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
skill
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
success
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
TRAIL
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
undertake
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From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
up
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
very
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
watching
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She fed them and comforted them, nursed them and buried them, always new ones coming to take the places of those who were gone.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was perhaps an error in judgment which led the husband of this woman to undertake the establishment of a hotel at such a place and such a time, but he hastened to repair his fault by amiably dying.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
widow
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
wild
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From this reading All these wild range men who came roistering up the Trail loved this large and kind old lady, and she called them all her "boys," watching over the wild brood as a hen does over her chickens.
woman
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From this reading THE END OF THE TRAIL The Cottage Hotel of Ellisville was, singularly enough, in its palmy days conducted by a woman, and a very good woman she was.
wounds
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From this reading The widow, a large woman, of great kindness of heart and a certain skill in the care of gunshot wounds, fell heiress to the business, carried it on and made a success of it.
