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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
AlreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
answer
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
back
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
Bannister
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From this reading The windmill did the work of three men for Rhett Bannister.
Bannister's
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
blades
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
Bob
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
churned
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
COPPERHEAD
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From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
dare
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From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The windmill did the work of three men for Rhett Bannister.
dimly
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
draft
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From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
DRAFTED
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From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
drove
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
father
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From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The windmill did the work of three men for Rhett Bannister.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
gabled
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grain
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
gray
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
grew
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
home
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
house
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
kept
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
lashing
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
machinery
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
manufactured
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
men
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From this reading The windmill did the work of three men for Rhett Bannister.
milk
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
more
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
nearer
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
outlined
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
pumped
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
repeating
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
Rhett
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From this reading The windmill did the work of three men for Rhett Bannister.
rising
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
roof
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
sawed
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
see
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
sky
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stock
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
swiftly
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
three
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From this reading The windmill did the work of three men for Rhett Bannister.
threshed
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
trade
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
uncertain
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From this reading The question kept repeating itself in Bob Bannister’s mind, and the answer to it grew more and more uncertain as he drew nearer to his home.
water
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
whirling
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
white
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
windmill
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From this reading Already he could see the gabled roof of the house, and, back of it, dimly outlined against the gray sky, the white blades of the windmill, free from their lashing, whirling swiftly in the rising wind.
wood
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From this reading It sawed his wood, pumped his water, churned his milk, threshed his grain, and drove the machinery by which he manufactured his stock in trade.
work
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From this reading The windmill did the work of three men for Rhett Bannister.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE DRAFTED COPPERHEAD Would he dare to tell his father about the draft?
