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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 On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
addicted
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
assembling
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
attentive
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
audience
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
coming
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
communicated
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
conduct
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
crowd
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
Curiosity
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
drawn
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
elevated
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
evil
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
expressed
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
far
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
fearful
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
following
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
gambling
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
Grove
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
intemperance
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
larger
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
many
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
more
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
motive
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
mouth
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
Mr
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
Norton
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
numerous
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
occasion
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
particularizing
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
people
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
perhaps
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
PERSECUTION
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From this reading THE PERSECUTION.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
preached
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
presentiments
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
profanity
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
Sabbath-breaking
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
sinful
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
solemn
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
some
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
spoke
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PERSECUTION.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
together
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From this reading Curiosity, and perhaps some more elevated motive, had drawn a numerous crowd of people together to hear him.
usual
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From this reading On the following afternoon, Mr. Norton preached to a larger and far more attentive audience than usual.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
vices
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From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
warnings
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From this reading The solemn warnings he had uttered and the fearful presentiments of coming evil he had expressed on the last occasion of assembling at the Grove, had been communicated from mouth to mouth.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He spoke to them plainly of their sinful conduct, particularizing the vices of intemperance, profanity, gambling, and Sabbath-breaking, to which many of them were addicted.
