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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 It was a quiet New England village.
almost
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From this reading An almost Sabbath-like stillness prevailed.
American
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An almost Sabbath-like stillness prevailed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
artisan
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
autumn
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
civilizations
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
community
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
Connecticut
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
consumption
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
deft
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
effete
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
England
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From this reading It was a quiet New England village.
Europe
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
farmer
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
floor
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
fodder
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
form
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
gathering
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
gradually
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
hams
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
hardy
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
intermixed
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a quiet New England village.
manipulation
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
manufacturing
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
more
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
New
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From this reading It was a quiet New England village.
Nowhere
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
nutmegs
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
oats
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
offered
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
pastoral
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
peaceful
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
pine
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
pleasing
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
prevailed
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From this reading An almost Sabbath-like stillness prevailed.
proportion
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
quiet
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From this reading It was a quiet New England village.
quietly
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
ripening
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
rounding
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
Sabbath-like
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From this reading An almost Sabbath-like stillness prevailed.
shoe-pegs
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
shone
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
slowly
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
stillness
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From this reading An almost Sabbath-like stillness prevailed.
substitute
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
sun
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
threshing
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From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
trees
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
valley
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From this reading Nowhere in the valley of the Connecticut the autumn sun shone upon a more peaceful, pastoral, manufacturing community.
village
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From this reading It was a quiet New England village.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a quiet New England village.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
Western
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
white
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The honest Connecticut farmer was quietly gathering from his threshing floor the shoe-pegs, which, when intermixed with a fair proportion of oats, offered a pleasing substitute for fodder to the effete civilizations of Europe.
wooden
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From this reading The wooden nutmegs were slowly ripening on the trees, and the white pine hams for Western consumption were gradually rounding into form under the deft manipulation of the hardy American artisan.
