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acts
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
apparently
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From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
armed
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
back
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
became
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the strikers had lost, and knew it.
Cardew
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
coming
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
customary
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
depleted
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
down
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From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
facing
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
families
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
fired
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
furnaces
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
further
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
gone
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
gradual
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
gradually
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
honesty
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
Howard
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But the strikers had lost, and knew it.
knew
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From this reading But the strikers had lost, and knew it.
lost
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From this reading But the strikers had lost, and knew it.
many
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
men
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
mill
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
mills
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
neutrality
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
New
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
newspaper
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
only
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
orderly
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
ordinary
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From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
peace
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
place
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
providing
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
realized
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
recalled
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
return
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
run
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From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
saw
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
settled
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From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
shifts
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
situation
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
strike
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From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
strikers
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From this reading But the strikers had lost, and knew it.
strikes
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From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
there
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The strike had apparently settled down to the ordinary run of strikes.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
towns
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
urgency
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From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
violence
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Howard Cardew, facing the situation with his customary honesty, saw in the gradual return of the men to work only the urgency of providing for their families, and realized that it was not peace that was coming, but an armed neutrality.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
work
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From this reading Here and there mills that had gone down fired their furnaces again and went back to work, many with depleted shifts, however.
York
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From this reading The newspaper men from New York were gradually recalled, as the mill towns became orderly, and no further acts of violence took place.
