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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
actual
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
all
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From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
any
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
avail
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
better
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
butt
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
Camp
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
candidate
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
carrying
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
cemeterynounUS /ˈcemetery/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
census
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
charmingly
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
collector
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
community
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
consulted
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
discovered
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
dominant
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
dramas
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
dramatis
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
drifted
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
effects
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
election
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
end
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
entered
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
entire
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
expected
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
fascinating
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
fierce
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
fill
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
fit
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
green-curtained
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
handkerchief
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
head-boards
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
hotly-contested
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
human
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
ignored
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
importance
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
inundation
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
known
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From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
lazily
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
long-handled
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
ludicrous
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
men
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
NamelessadjectiveUS /ˈneɪm.ləs/
Having no name, or having a name that is kept secret or unknown.
From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
only
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
out
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
overlooked
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
passive
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
penniless
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
personae
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
pines
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
plank
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
poll-lists
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
possessing
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
quality
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
red
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
Redwood
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
rising
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
roles
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
scant
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
sheriff
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
shiftless
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From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
shovel
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From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
simple
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
sometimes
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
speechless
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
strong
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
sullen
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
super
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
tax
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
tolerated
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
unrolled
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From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading From the time he first entered Redwood Camp, carrying his entire effects in a red handkerchief on the end of a long-handled shovel, until he lazily drifted out of it on a plank in the terrible inundation of '56, they never expected anything better of him.
vices
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
virtues
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From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
vote
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From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Nameless and penniless, he was overlooked by the census and ignored by the tax collector, while in a hotly-contested election for sheriff, when even the head-boards of the scant cemetery were consulted to fill the poll-lists, it was discovered that neither candidate had thought fit to avail himself of his actual vote.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In the dramatis personae of Redwood Camp he was a simple “super”--who had only passive, speechless roles in those fierce dramas that were sometimes unrolled beneath its green-curtained pines.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In a community of strong men with sullen virtues and charmingly fascinating vices, he was tolerated as possessing neither--not even rising by any dominant human weakness or ludicrous quality to the importance of a butt.
worthless
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From this reading They had all known him as a shiftless, worthless creature.
