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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 The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
advertise
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
all
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
bays
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
Berkshire
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From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
better
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
blue
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
broad-shouldered
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
brown
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
certainly
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From this reading He was certainly a handsome fellow; there was no denying that.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
crisp
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
curling
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
denying
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From this reading He was certainly a handsome fellow; there was no denying that.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
down
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
drove
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
eyes
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
face
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
fashionable
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From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
fellow
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From this reading He was certainly a handsome fellow; there was no denying that.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
Gardiner
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
groups
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was certainly a handsome fellow; there was no denying that.
heirnounUS /er/
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
Hills
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From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
holding
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
House
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
items
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
Jay
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
laughing
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
Lee
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From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
maidens
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
Massachusetts
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From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
millions
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
money
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
more
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
mustache
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
newspaper
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He was certainly a handsome fellow; there was no denying that.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
paid
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
pair
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
passing
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From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
place
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
porches
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
prancing
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
promenading
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
proprietor
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
ribbons
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
sitting
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
skillfully
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
street
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
summer
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From this reading He was passing the summer at the fashionable little village of Lee, among the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.
Summerset
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From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
tall
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading That did more to advertise the place than all the glowing newspaper items the proprietor of the Summerset House could have paid for.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was certainly a handsome fellow; there was no denying that.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
there
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From this reading He was certainly a handsome fellow; there was no denying that.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
turned
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
two
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From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
up
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
village
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
Wife
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From this reading The Wife who was Not a Wife As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was tall, broad-shouldered, with a fair, handsome face, laughing blue eyes, a crisp, brown, curling mustache, and, what was better still, he was heir to two millions of money.
