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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 not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
adjoining
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
ahead
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
all
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
any
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
Bosworth
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
broken-down
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
character
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
clapped
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
cold
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
County
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
curiosity
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From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
drove
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
enough
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From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
entered
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
excite
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From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
fluted
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
followed
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From this reading Bosworth followed, and hitched his horse to a post.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
gate
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
gate-posts
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
greeted
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
Hemlock
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bosworth followed, and hitched his horse to a post.
hitched
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From this reading Bosworth followed, and hitched his horse to a post.
horse
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From this reading Bosworth followed, and hitched his horse to a post.
horses
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
imaginative
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From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
leading
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
less
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From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
man
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From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
manners
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
men
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
Mrs
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
numb
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
off
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
often
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
Orrin
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From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
other
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
post
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From this reading Bosworth followed, and hitched his horse to a post.
rate
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
region
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
Rutledge
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
Rutledge's
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
Saul
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
shed
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
shoulders
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
situation
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From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
snow
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
solitary
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
summoned
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
Then
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
three
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The situation was enough to excite the curiosity of a less imaginative man than Orrin Bosworth.
together
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
topped
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
tossed
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From this reading Then the three tossed off the snow from their shoulders, clapped their numb hands together, and greeted each other.
two
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
unsocial
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
urns
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
white
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From this reading As he drove in between the broken-down white gate-posts topped by fluted urns the two men ahead of him were leading their horses to the adjoining shed.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
winter
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
woman
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From this reading It was not often that anybody in Hemlock County entered Saul Rutledge’s gate; least of all in the dead of winter, and summoned (as Bosworth, at any rate, had been) by Mrs. Rutledge, who passed, even in that unsocial region, for a woman of cold manners and solitary character.
