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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 In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
all
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
back
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
believed
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
blame
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
carnival
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
certain
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
chosen
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
church
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close
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
cottage
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
dancing
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
departure
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
divers
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draws
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
early
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
end
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
estimate
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
excellently
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
farandole
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
farthest
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
festivals
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
fitfully
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
flattered
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
get
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
glad
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
go
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
guests
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
happiness
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
holding
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
imagined
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
includes
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
kind
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
kinds
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
leave
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
lectures
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
library
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
likes
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
linked
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
more
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
mythical
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
native
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
natives
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
offices
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
own
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
partly
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
perhaps
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
pictured
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
plentiful
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
price
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
reading-clubs
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
relation
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
rendered
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
reports
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
rid
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
river
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
season
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From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
shows
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
sleigh-rides
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
social
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
sojourners
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
some
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
sort
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
stretching
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
summer
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From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
theatricals
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We have had his good offices at a fair price all summer, but as it draws to a close they are rendered more and more fitfully.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
tired
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From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
up
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
use
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
village
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From this reading This includes church festivals of divers kinds, lectures and shows, sleigh-rides, theatricals, and reading-clubs, and a plentiful use of books from the excellently chosen free village library.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is certain that they get tired, and I could not blame them if they were glad to be rid of their guests, and to go back to their own social life.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In our partly mythical estimate of the native and his relation to us, he is imagined as holding a kind of carnival when we leave him at the end of the season, and it is believed that he likes us to go early.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
wooded
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From this reading From some, perhaps flattered, reports of the happiness of the natives at the departure of the sojourners, I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole, and stretching with linked hands from the farthest summer cottage up the river to the last on the wooded point.
