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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 HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
almost
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
always
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
appeared
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
away
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From this reading Out on the Pacific Slope we were, both physically and spiritually, a world away.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
book
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Out on the Pacific Slope we were, both physically and spiritually, a world away.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
CHILDREN
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
comfort
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
continent
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
County
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
days
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From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
down
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
easily
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From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
eastward
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
endeavoured
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From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
England
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From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
Essex
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
explaining
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From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
fact
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
far
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
five
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
four
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From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
Francisco
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
friends
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From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
Garden
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
gone
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
home
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
homestead
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
hurried
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
impress
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From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
isle
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
later
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
location
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
looking
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
Manhattan
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
naked
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
native
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
Ocean
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
out
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
Pacific
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From this reading Out on the Pacific Slope we were, both physically and spiritually, a world away.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
penniless
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
physically
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From this reading Out on the Pacific Slope we were, both physically and spiritually, a world away.
Piccadilly
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
San
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
shaken
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
sitting
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
Slope
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From this reading Out on the Pacific Slope we were, both physically and spiritually, a world away.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
some
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
spiritually
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From this reading Out on the Pacific Slope we were, both physically and spiritually, a world away.
State
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
there
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
True
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
undoubted
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
verandah
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
walk
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From this reading True, we have never gone so far as to book our passage; but there is undoubted comfort in the fact that in a week at the outside, we could walk down Piccadilly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
week
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From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HIS CHILDREN It was a week later, and we were sitting on the verandah looking out across Essex County towards Manhattan.
Western
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading We endeavoured to impress this upon our friends in England, explaining that "we could be home in four or five days easily"; and what were four or five days?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
world
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From this reading Out on the Pacific Slope we were, both physically and spiritually, a world away.
years
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From this reading To us, who some five years before had been shaken from our homestead in San Francisco and hurried penniless and almost naked across the continent, our location here in the Garden State, looking eastward towards the Western Ocean and our native isle, had always appeared as "almost home."
