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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 A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
affectionate
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
Alabama
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
all
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
always
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
approaching
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
army
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
assisted
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
Bellevite
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
brother
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From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
buy
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
Christy's
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From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
Colonel
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
CONFEDERATE
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
Corny
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
daughter
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
degree
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From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
exceedingly
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
families
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
father
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From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
Glenfield
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
head
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
Homer
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
honorary
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
Horatio
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From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
married
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
maturity
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
MELANCHOLY
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
military
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
militia
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
millionaire
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From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
Mobile
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
money
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
More
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
most
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
near
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
Notwithstanding
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
now
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
once
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
Passford
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
plantation
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
possessions
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
prospered
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
regiment
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
relations
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
soldier
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
son
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
sort
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
South
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From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
subsisted
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
tenth
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From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Homer had married in the South, and was the father of a son and daughter, now approaching their maturity, and Corny, the son, was a soldier in the Confederate army.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
title
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
twenty
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
twice
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
two
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
VERY
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From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
visited
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
war
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A VERY MELANCHOLY CONFEDERATE Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia.
wealthy
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
year
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From this reading The most affectionate relations had always subsisted between the two families; and before the war the Bellevite had always visited Glenfield, the plantation of the colonel, at least twice a year.
years
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From this reading More than twenty years before the war he had assisted Homer to all the money he required to buy a plantation in Alabama, near Mobile, where he had prospered exceedingly, though his possessions had never been a tenth part of those of his wealthy brother.
