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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 In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
Aunt
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
bank
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
building
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
built
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
called
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
carried
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
centre
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
choice
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
clanking
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
commodious
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
crest
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
days
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
dealers
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
downtown
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
estate
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
farm
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
favour
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
Fleeing
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
friends
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
gradually
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
grew
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
high
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
Honora
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
horse-cars
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
house
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
likewise
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
Louis
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
mansions
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
market
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
Mary
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
Mary's
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
movement
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From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
Olive
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
period
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
placed
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
real
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
residence
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
ridge
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
river
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
Road
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
rule
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
said
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From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
Saint
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
second
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
section
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From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
smoke
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
Street
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From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
surrounded
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
toiled
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
Tom
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From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
Tom's
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
traces
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
Uncle
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From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
Up
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From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
vanguard
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From this reading And Uncle Tom might be said to have been in the vanguard of the movement.
Victorian
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
westwardadverbUS /ˈwɛstwərd/
toward the west
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In the days before Honora was born he had built his little house on what had been a farm on the Olive Street Road, at the crest of the second ridge from the river.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Saint Louis, or that part of it which is called by dealers in real estate the choice residence section, grew westward.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Up this ridge, with clanking traces, toiled the horse-cars that carried Uncle Tom downtown to the bank and Aunt Mary to market.
yards
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From this reading Fleeing westward, likewise, from the smoke, friends of Uncle Tom's and Aunt Mary's gradually surrounded them--building, as a rule, the high Victorian mansions in favour at that period, which were placed in the centre of commodious yards.
