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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 Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
all
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
anxious
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
any
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
Arthur
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
Arthur's
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
Athertons
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
back
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
big
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
book
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
burly
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
call
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
called
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
came
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
card
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
catamount
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
Claires
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
coat
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
concluded
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
congratulate
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
Crosbys
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
crushed
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
darned
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
daughter
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
days
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
didn't
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
down
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
dress
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
dumbed
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
expressed
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
FADETH
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From this reading THE FLOWER FADETH.
FLOWER
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From this reading THE FLOWER FADETH.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
givin
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
gotten
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
hadn't
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
hair
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
happy
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
House
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
household
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
I'll
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
Jerrie
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
kicked
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
kids
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
knowd
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
known
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
lavender
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
like
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
means
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
Miss
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
nearly
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
old
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
on't
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
people
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
Peterkin
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
place
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
presenting
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
quiet
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
rat-hole
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
recognize
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
restless
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
return
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
riz
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
s'spose
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
said
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
settled
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
she'd
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
slivers
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
some
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
spelling
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
square
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
St
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
table
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From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLOWER FADETH.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
tickleder
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
too
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
Tracy
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
Tramp
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
up
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
upstrupulous
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From this reading I was a little too upstrupulous, I s'spose, but I'll be darned if she didn't square up to me like a catamount, till my hair riz right up, and I concluded the Tramp House was no place for me.
Warners
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From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
Webster's
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From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "And to think I was the means on't," he said, "for if I hadn't of kicked that darned old table into slivers when I was givin' on't to Jerrie, she'd never of knowd what was in that dumbed rat-hole.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was some days after Arthur's return before the household settled down into any thing like order and quiet for Arthur was so restless and so happy, and so anxious for every one to recognize Jerrie as his daughter--Miss Tracy, he called her when presenting her to the people who had known her all her life--the St. Claires, and Athertons, and Crosbys, and Warners--who came to call upon and congratulate him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Even Peterkin came with a card as big as the back of Webster's spelling book, and himself gotten up in a dress coat, with lavender kids on his burly hands, which nearly crushed Arthur's as he expressed himself "tickleder than he ever was before in his life."
