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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 But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
all
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
all-the-year-round
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From this reading No, I'm all-the-year-round folks originally.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
back
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
begin
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
boy
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
came
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
camp
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
chance
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
coming
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
country
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
discovered
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
easier
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
East
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
else's
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
experience
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
eyes
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From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
face
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From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
folks
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From this reading "Summer folks, like the rest?
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
gave
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
go
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From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
haven't
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
I'm
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From this reading No, I'm all-the-year-round folks originally.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
interest
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From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
it's
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
keep
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From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
like
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From this reading "Summer folks, like the rest?
lumber
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No, I'm all-the-year-round folks originally.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
now
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From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
originally
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From this reading No, I'm all-the-year-round folks originally.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
people
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
prompted
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From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Summer folks, like the rest?
say
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From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
some
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
Summer
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From this reading "Summer folks, like the rest?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Summer folks, like the rest?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
West
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From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She did not say anything, but the interest in her eyes, which she could not keep from his face now, prompted him to go on.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
winter
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From this reading But I haven't been in the country in the winter since I was a boy; and it's all been coming back to me, here, like some one else's experience."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You can make a beginning in the West easier than you can in the East, and some people who came to our lumber camp discovered me, and gave me a chance to begin.
