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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 THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
ago
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
ben
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
blown
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
cemeterynounUS /ˈcemetery/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
children
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
church
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
climbs
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
cold
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From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
cup
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
days
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From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
died
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
down
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
dozen
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
earthen-floored
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
frost
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
gets
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
give
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
glimpse
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
handful
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
handloom
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
heart
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
hill
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From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
hoose
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
houses
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
hundreds
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
hunker
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
ice
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
jumbled
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
knowing
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
lived
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
nearest
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
north
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
other
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
out
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
overflowed
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From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
overhead
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
patches
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
rafters
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
rails
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
red
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
road
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
roar
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
room
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
rush
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
schoolhouse
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
several
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From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
sharp
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
showing
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
skeletons
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From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
snow-heap
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
square
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
stand
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From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
steep
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
steeples
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
stone
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
straight
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
Thoreaus
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
THRUMS
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
Thrums's
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From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
times
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
together
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
top
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From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
town
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From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
traveller
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
twenty
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
two
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
UntilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
viewed
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From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
weavers
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At such times, when viewed from the cemetery where the traveller from the schoolhouse gets his first glimpse of the little town, Thrums is but two church steeples and a dozen red stone patches standing out of a snow-heap.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In those days the cup overflowed and left several houses on the top of the hill, where their cold skeletons still stand.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THRUMS Thrums is the name I give here to the handful of houses jumbled together in a cup, which is the town nearest the schoolhouse.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The road that climbs from the square, which is Thrums's heart, to the north is so steep and straight, that in a sharp frost children hunker at the top and are blown down with a roar and a rush on rails of ice.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
years
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From this reading Until twenty years ago its every other room, earthen-floored and showing the rafters overhead, had a handloom, and hundreds of weavers lived and died Thoreaus "ben the hoose" without knowing it.
