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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 His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
advancing
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
age
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
all
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
also
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
altogether
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
always
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
binder
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
came
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
carry
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
caused
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
children
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
cluster
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
crouch
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
Dale
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
desperate
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
doctor's
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
doors
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
down
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
Edwards
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
familiar
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
farm-houses
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
flings
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
Ford's
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
Granby
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
group
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
half-dozen
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From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
hamlet
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
Hill
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
hoofs
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
horse
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
Jerome
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
jurisdiction
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
lame
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
late
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
leave
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
mare
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
midst
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
miles
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
mud-bespattered
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
new
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
objects
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
old
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
only
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From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
outlying
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
past
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
peer
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
people
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
permanent
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
physician
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From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
practising
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From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
Prescott
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From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
road
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
run
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
saw
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
scatter
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
scattering
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
see
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
Seth
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From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
shoe-bench
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
shoes
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
smart
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
some
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From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
soul
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
speculate
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
spire
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
stop
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
sulky
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
thereby
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
three
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
too
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
twenty-one
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
up
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
Upham
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
Uphams
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From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
villages
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From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
walked
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Seth Prescott was the only practising physician for some half-dozen villages.
well
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
whirl
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
white
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
windows
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading His mud-bespattered sulky and his smart mare, advancing always with desperate flings of forward hoofs--which caused the children to scatter--were familiar objects, not only in the cluster of Uphams, but also in Dale and Granby, and the little outlying hamlet of Ford's Hill, which was nothing but a scattering group of farm-houses, with a spire in their midst, and which came under the jurisdiction of Upham.
woman
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From this reading One afternoon, not long before he was twenty-one, Jerome Edwards walked some three miles and a half to Ford's Hill to carry some shoes to a woman binder who was too lame to come for them herself.
wont
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
world
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From this reading In all these villages people were wont to run from the windows to the doors when they saw the doctor's sulky whirl past, peer after it, up or down the road, to see where it might stop, and speculate if this old soul were about to leave the world, or that new soul to come into it.
years
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From this reading Jerome walked altogether of late years, for the white horse was dead of old age: but it was well for him, since he was saved thereby from the permanent crouch of the shoe-bench.
