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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 One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
advance
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From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
age
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From this reading The horse was a poor beast of great age, and the wagon was none the better for wear.
all-round
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
Atlanta
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
beast
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From this reading The horse was a poor beast of great age, and the wagon was none the better for wear.
bend
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From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
better
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From this reading The horse was a poor beast of great age, and the wagon was none the better for wear.
brush
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
Cahews
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
chaff
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
chickens
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
clattering
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
clear
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
cloud
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
coop
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
dust
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
eyes
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From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
farm
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
front
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
gave
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
glanced
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
grain
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The horse was a poor beast of great age, and the wagon was none the better for wear.
handle
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
Henley
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
Henley's
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
horse
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From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
lampblack
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
later
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
led
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
machine
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
marking
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
nailing
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
negro
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading The horse was a poor beast of great age, and the wagon was none the better for wear.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
Pomp
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The horse was a poor beast of great age, and the wagon was none the better for wear.
porch
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
porter
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
pot
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
rear
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
road
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
saw
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From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
scrambling
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
separation
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
servant
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
shipment
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
slats
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
slowly
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From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
squawking
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
store
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
storekeeper
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From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
street
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
top
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From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
turning
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From this reading In a cloud of dust in the rear, Pomp, the negro porter and all-round servant on Henley's farm, was turning the handle of a clattering machine for the separation of chaff from grain.
up
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
wagon
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From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
warm
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
wear
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From this reading The horse was a poor beast of great age, and the wagon was none the better for wear.
week
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From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One clear, warm morning a week later Henley stood in the little porch in front of his store and glanced up the street which gave into the road that led on to his farm.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And while his eyes were resting on the road the storekeeper saw a horse and wagon come around a bend and slowly advance toward him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the store Cahews was nailing the top slats on a coop of scrambling, squawking chickens, and with a pot of lampblack and brush was marking it for shipment to Atlanta.
