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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 "I missed you yesterday," I said as a starter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I missed you yesterday," I said as a starter.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
backwoodsman
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
began
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From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
box
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From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
brush
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From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
characteristic
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
church
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From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
comfortably
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From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
erbout
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ever
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From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
got
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From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
harsh
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
here
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From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
hidden
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From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I missed you yesterday," I said as a starter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
inter
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From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
Kentucky
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
leaders
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From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
Lick-skillet
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From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
Lum
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From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
man
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From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
missed
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From this reading "I missed you yesterday," I said as a starter.
moved
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From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
music
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From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
old
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From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
others
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
peculiar
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
plied
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From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
produced
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quality
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
said
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From this reading "I missed you yesterday," I said as a starter.
Settling
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From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
sibilant
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
snuff
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From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
some
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source
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starter
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From this reading "I missed you yesterday," I said as a starter.
strident
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
thar
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
too
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
touched
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
vigorously
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From this reading Settling herself comfortably, she produced from some hidden source a box of snuff and plied her brush vigorously.
voice
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "I and Lum, my old man, has been the leaders ever since we moved here from Lick-skillet.
We-all
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From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
wrangle
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From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
wuz
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
Yes'm
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From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
yesterday
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From this reading "I missed you yesterday," I said as a starter.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading "Yes'm," she answered in a voice harsh and strident, yet touched with a peculiar sibilant quality characteristic of the Kentucky backwoodsman, "and thar wuz others that missed me, too!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I missed you yesterday," I said as a starter.
Zion
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From this reading "We-all have got inter a wrangle over at Zion erbout the church music," she began.
