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all
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
also
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From this reading This also he had done before.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN PURSUIT January passed and February passed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading This also he had done before.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
bloodroot
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
blue
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
brooks
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
brown
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
carpet
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
Cary
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
catkins
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This also he had done before.
Fairfax
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
far-spread
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
February
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From this reading IN PURSUIT January passed and February passed.
flowers
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
ford
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From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
forge
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From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
Forrest's
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From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
Greenwood
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This also he had done before.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
idea
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN PURSUIT January passed and February passed.
January
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From this reading IN PURSUIT January passed and February passed.
knew
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
leaves
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
Malplaquet
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
March
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
marked
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
men
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
mill
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From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
New
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
pale
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN PURSUIT January passed and February passed.
paused
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From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
piercing
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
PURSUIT
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From this reading IN PURSUIT January passed and February passed.
put
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
questions
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
rapidly
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From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
riding
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
rode
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From this reading He rode rapidly, but he paused at Forrest's forge and at the mill below the ford.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
sky
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
smith
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
strange
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
there
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From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This also he had done before.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither the smith nor the men at the mill knew the idea that brought him there, but they may have thought--if they thought at all--that he put strange questions.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
white
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
Year
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From this reading Fairfax Cary, riding for the third time since the New Year from Malplaquet toward Greenwood, marked the blue March sky, the pale brown catkins by the brooks, and the white flowers of the bloodroot piercing the far-spread carpet of dead leaves.
