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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 Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
all
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
America
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The old houses around the Dedham Woods all have their legends.
Asylum
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
attend
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
became
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
Brook
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
Charles
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
coterie
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
Dedham
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From this reading The old houses around the Dedham Woods all have their legends.
department
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
elderly
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
Farm-House
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
FOLK-LORE
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From this reading THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY’S QUEER STORIES.
follow
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
German
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
houses
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From this reading The old houses around the Dedham Woods all have their legends.
Improvement
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
interesting
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
invited
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
legends
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From this reading The old houses around the Dedham Woods all have their legends.
magic
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
NightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
now
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
occasions
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
old
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
Orphan
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
people
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
places
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
quaint
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
QUEER
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From this reading THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY’S QUEER STORIES.
relate
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
rich
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
River
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
Roxbury
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
sent
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
Society
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
SOCIETY'S
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From this reading THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY’S QUEER STORIES.
STORIES
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From this reading THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY’S QUEER STORIES.
story
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
story-tellers
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
Story-Telling
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
tales
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY’S QUEER STORIES.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The old houses around the Dedham Woods all have their legends.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
towns
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
used
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
very
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
Village
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
West
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From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Folk-Lore Society which became a part of the Village Improvement Society in West Roxbury, used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on these occasions elderly people were invited to attend and relate old village stories.
windings
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From this reading The Folk-Lore story is a very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and of all places in America, the towns that follow the windings of the Charles River, are rich in quaint old tales.
Woods
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From this reading The old houses around the Dedham Woods all have their legends.
world
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From this reading The Brook Farm-House, now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie of magic story-tellers.
