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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 Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
aloof
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
back
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
carrying
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
chance
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
child
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
DAVID
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
day
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
deeper
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
depart
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From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
enj'y
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
fer
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
go
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
GRANNY
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
Haddon
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
hills
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She saw him no more.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
invitation
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
JOSLIN
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
keep
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From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
Marcia
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
means
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
Moody
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
more
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From this reading She saw him no more.
mountains
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
NARRATIONS
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She saw him no more.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
North
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From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
offered
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
oft-renewed
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From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
once
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From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
out
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
own
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
plan
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
promise
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From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
renew
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
resolve
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
ride
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
said
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
sartinly
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
saw
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From this reading She saw him no more.
self-formed
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She saw him no more.
silent
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
thar
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
unhappy
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
visit
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
ways
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From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
WILLIAM'S
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From this reading GRANNY WILLIAM’S NARRATIONS DAVID JOSLIN did not come to renew his invitation to Marcia Haddon to ride into the mountains.
Williams
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From this reading Moody and silent, aloof and unhappy, this passed from one resolve to another until one day Granny Williams, by chance, offered a means for carrying out her own self-formed plan of a visit deeper into the hills.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “I sartinly would enj’y it, child, fer to go back in thar a ways with ye,” said Granny.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Nor did she herself even yet keep her oft-renewed promise to depart at once for the North.
