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all
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
Allenwood
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
also
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
ax
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
Beatrice
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
bench
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
Broadwood's
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
building
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
busy
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
carpenter's
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
cheerfully
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
climate
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
cordwood
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
cut
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
dark
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
dawn
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
day
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
drove
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
evening
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
excuse
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
fitting
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
friends
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
fully
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
got
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
Grange
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
half-frozen
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
Harding
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
heavy
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
Hester
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
house
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
houses
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
kept
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
Lance
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
logs
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
longer
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
met
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
Mrs
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
new
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
Now
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
occupied
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
off
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
others
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
partly
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
passed
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From this reading THE STEAM PLOW The winter passed quickly.
PLOW
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From this reading THE STEAM PLOW The winter passed quickly.
prairie
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
quickly
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From this reading THE STEAM PLOW The winter passed quickly.
ready
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
recovered
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
returning
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
sake
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
set
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
settlers
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
sister's
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
snow
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
sometimes
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
spent
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
STEAM
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From this reading THE STEAM PLOW The winter passed quickly.
stiff
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
swinging
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STEAM PLOW The winter passed quickly.
then
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
there
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
two
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From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
up
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From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
used
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
visiting
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
went
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From this reading He went partly for his sister's sake, but also because he sometimes met Beatrice at his new friends' houses, and since Lance had recovered he no longer had an excuse for visiting the Grange.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Harding was kept fully occupied; for there was cordwood to be cut, there were building logs to be got ready, and the fitting up of the new house kept him busy at his carpenter's bench.
winter
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From this reading THE STEAM PLOW The winter passed quickly.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now and then he drove Hester to Mrs. Broadwood's, or spent an evening with one or two others of the Allenwood settlers.
work
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From this reading He was used to the prairie climate, and he set off cheerfully at dawn to work in the snow all day, returning at dark, half-frozen and stiff from swinging the heavy ax.
