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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 Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
all
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
aprons
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
autumn
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
ball
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
banked
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
bed
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
big
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
Bowdoin
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
bowls
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
came
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
cellars
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
chess
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
Cheston
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
Clayton
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
closing
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
coals
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
cold
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
comforted
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
coming
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
continuing
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
custom
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
delectable
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
demand
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
denizens
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
distinguished
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
empty
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
enormous
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
entertainments
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
fun
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
function
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
gave
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
general
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
girls
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
hearth
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
hickory
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
highest
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
honor
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
hosts
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
hot
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
hours
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
Howards
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
inaugurated
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
invitations
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
jackets
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
Judge
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
just
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
Kennedy
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
kitchen
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
laid
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
liquids
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
Major
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
men
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
Mexican
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
Murdochs
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
occasion
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
off
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
officers
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
Old
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
olio
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
ones
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
other
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
others
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
oyster
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
Pancoast
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
persons
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
place
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
plates
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
players
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
quality
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
roast
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
scoured
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
season's
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
series
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
serving
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
several
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
shells
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
sizzling
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
sma
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
solids
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
Square
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
Stirlings
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
stored
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
tables
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
terrapin
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
thereafter
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
toothsome
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
tournaments
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
turkey
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
two
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
unprecedented
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
usual
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
waiters
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
War
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From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
wee
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
white
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
whiteness
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Mrs. Cheston, as was her usual custom, issued invitations for a ball--this one in honor of the officers who had distinguished themselves in the Mexican War.
wild
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From this reading Major Clayton, Bowdoin, the Murdochs, Stirlings, and Howards--all persons of the highest quality--inaugurated a series of chess tournaments, the several players and those who came to look on to be thereafter comforted with such toothsome solids as wild turkey, terrapin, and olio, and such delectable liquids as were stored in the cellars of their hosts.
winter
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From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the closing in of the autumn and the coming of the first winter cold, the denizens of Kennedy Square gave themselves over to the season's entertainments.
wooden
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
yielding
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From this reading Old Judge Pancoast, yielding to the general demand, gave an oyster roast--his enormous kitchen being the place of all others for such a function.
young
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From this reading On this occasion two long wooden tables were scoured to an unprecedented whiteness--the young girls in white aprons and the young men in white jackets serving as waiters--and laid with wooden plates, and two big wooden bowls--one for the hot, sizzling shells just off their bed of hickory coals banked on the kitchen hearth, and the other for the empty ones--the fun continuing until the wee sma' hours of the morning.
