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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 Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
all
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
ambulance
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Another trundled and bumped them away to the Gulf.
Antonio
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
army
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
away
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From this reading Another trundled and bumped them away to the Gulf.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
blinded
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
Blythe
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
boisterous
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
bore
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
bumped
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From this reading Another trundled and bumped them away to the Gulf.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
Colonel
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From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
daughter
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
days
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
devious
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From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
devoted
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
dusty
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
far
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
forty-eight
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Frazier
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From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
frontier
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
gone
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From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
Gulf
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From this reading Another trundled and bumped them away to the Gulf.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
hearing
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
hope
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
hours
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
Jimmy
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
Lawrence
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From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
Line
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
lumbering
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
Mammy
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
Mississippi
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
more
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Morgan
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mother
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
mouth
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Mrs
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
New
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North
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
old
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
once
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
only
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
Orleans
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
parting
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
picked
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
railway
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
rattling
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
reach
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
rolled
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
San
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
say
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From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
slip
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
spite
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From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
stage-coach
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
steamer
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
tall
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
telling
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Another trundled and bumped them away to the Gulf.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
tossed
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
travellers
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
trundled
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From this reading Another trundled and bumped them away to the Gulf.
two
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
unloaded
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
up
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From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
Washington
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From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
week
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From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
well-nigh
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
wept
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In spite of what Colonel Frazier could say, Captain Lawrence had gone the long and devious journey to Washington.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Those were the days when the lumbering stage-coach once a week, or a rattling ambulance, bore our army travellers from the far frontier to San Antonio.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A Morgan Line steamer picked them up and tossed and rolled with them to the mouth of the Mississippi and unloaded them at New Orleans, whence by dusty railway journey of forty-eight hours or more they could hope to reach the North.
women
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From this reading The parting between Lawrence and his tall slip of a daughter and boisterous little Jimmy was something women wept over in telling or hearing, for only two looked on, well-nigh blinded,--Mrs. Blythe, who had been devoted to their mother, and old "Mammy," who was devoted to them all.
