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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 dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
addition
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
adjacent
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From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
autumn
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From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
back
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
came
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From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
carrying
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
circulars
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From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
country
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From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
creek
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From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
Culpepper
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From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
Culpepper's
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
dam
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From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
describing
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From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
East
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From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
endless
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
factory
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From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
faster
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
flour-mill
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From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
furnishing
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From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
furniture
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From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
loads
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
lots
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
many
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
Martin
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From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
movers
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
power
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From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
Ridge
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From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
scales
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
selling
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
settlers
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
sloughing
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
stage
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
surveyed
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
Sycamore
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From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
three
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From this reading He had brought back three stage loads of settlers, and was selling lots in Culpepper's addition faster than they could be surveyed.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
times
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From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Good times came to Sycamore Ridge in the autumn.
town
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
wagons
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dam across the creek was furnishing power for a flour-mill and a furniture factory.
West
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Martin Culpepper had been East with circulars describing the town and adjacent country.
worm
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
wriggling
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From this reading The endless worm of wagons that was wriggling through the town carrying movers to the West, was sloughing many of its scales in Sycamore Ridge.
