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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 Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
Afterwards
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From this reading Afterwards, to the barnyard, calling eagerly:
airy
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
barn
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
barnyard
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From this reading Afterwards, to the barnyard, calling eagerly:
bed
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beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
better
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
big
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
BIT
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BITER
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brief
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
calling
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
cattle
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
clothes
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
curly
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
door
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
Dorothy
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
down
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
dry
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
ducking
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
eagerly
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From this reading Afterwards, to the barnyard, calling eagerly:
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
evident
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excitement
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
find
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
finished
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
fire
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
fresh
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
further
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
girl
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
gone
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
got
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
hay
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
head
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
healthy
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
hostess's
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
Jim
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
lain
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
later
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
laundering
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
letter
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
liberal
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
like
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
mother
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
Mrs
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much
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
night
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
nightgown
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
only
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
opened
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
out
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
own
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
possible
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ran
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
range
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
rarely
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
roused
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
shook
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
slept
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
softly
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
soon
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
soundly
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
Stott's
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
Then
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
there
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
too
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towel
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
travel
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From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
trough
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
used
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
usual
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
want
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
water
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From this reading Then she opened the door and ran to the trough of water, used for the cattle; and after a liberal ducking of her curly head, shook herself dry--for want of a better towel.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
woke
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From this reading She woke in the morning to find it much later than usual when she was roused and that it was only Jim who was calling her.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE BITER BIT Even healthy Dorothy had rarely slept as soundly as she did that night, there in the airy barn on her bed of hay; and she had lain down as soon as she had finished her brief letter to her mother--which like those that had gone before it would travel no further than Mrs. Stott's range fire.
yesterday's
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From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He did so softly, yet with evident excitement; and as soon as possible the girl got out of her hostess's too big nightgown and into her own clothes, still fresh from yesterday's laundering.
