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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 Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
able
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From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
bargain
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From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
big
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
cart
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
church
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
deep
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
distance
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
enemies
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From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
envied
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From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
farm
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
farmer
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From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
full
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
getting
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From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
husband
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From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
ill
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From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
kitchen
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
large
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From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
lay
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
many
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From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
marriage
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
married
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From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
money
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
morass
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
mother
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
mouse
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
Mrs
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From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
much
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
near
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
now
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
old
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From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
pines
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
possessed
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
Przykop
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
say
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From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
schoolmaster
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
sets
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
six
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
some
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
son
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From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
Starawies
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From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
Starydwór
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From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
there
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From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
Tiralla
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From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
Trialla's
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
under-linen
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
unfaithful
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From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
utensils
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
village
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From this reading Mr. Trialla's farm lay some distance from the village, near the big pines and deep morass of Przykop.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Starydwór was a large farm, and there were many in Starawies who envied Mrs. Tiralla.
widow
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From this reading She had been as poor as a church mouse before her marriage--her mother was the widow of a village schoolmaster--and had not even possessed six sets of under-linen and a cart full of kitchen utensils, and now she had so much money!
widower
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From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
wish
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From this reading But however much her enemies might wish her ill, nobody had ever been able to say of her that she had been unfaithful to her old husband.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
years
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From this reading The farmer was already getting on in years when he married her, and was a widower into the bargain with a big son.
