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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 On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
all
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
allowances
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
artist
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
back
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
beautiful
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
Billy
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
bleak
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
blocks
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
craftless
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
emerges
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
equip
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
evenings
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
expound
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
EXPOUNDING
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From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
expounds
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
first-class
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
Genesis
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
God-fearing
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
got
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
harsh
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
head
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
HearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
house
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
how
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From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
illiterate
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
inarticulate
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
Jesse
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
Jesse's
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From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
lazy
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
live
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lover
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
many
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From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
mood
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
morose
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
nature
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
passionate
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
pasture
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
persons
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From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
poet
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
reads
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
reserve
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
respectability
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
righteousness
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
rugged
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
Sabbath
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
scion
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
SCRIPTURES
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From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
self
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
Sing
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
Smiths
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
stockman
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
sullen
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
Sunday
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
surface
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
survey
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
things
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
unworthy
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
vindictive
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From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
volcano
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Hear him expound in the vindictive mood:-- "When I survey the pasture in these here back blocks of Genesis, I know we got to make allowances.
whimsical
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From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
widow
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From this reading And beneath all that is Jesse of the Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and harsh respectability, scion of many Smiths, the God-fearing head of his house, who reads and expounds the Scriptures on Sunday evenings to sullen Billy, the morose widow, and my unworthy self.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
wonder
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From this reading EXPOUNDING THE SCRIPTURES I wonder how many persons live in Jesse's body?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading On the surface he is the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy, with such powers in reserve as would equip a first-class volcano.
writer
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From this reading Sing to him and another Jesse emerges, an inarticulate poet, a craftless artist, an illiterate writer, passionate lover of all things beautiful in art and nature.
