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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
all
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
back
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
best
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
bidden
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
broadcloth
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
buds
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
creaking
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
dusk
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
eight
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
evening
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
faction
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Fair's
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firmly
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
flitted
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
flounced
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
flutteringverbUS /ˈflʌtərɪŋ/
moving with quick light beats or trembles
From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
full
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From this reading At half-past seven o'clock the street was full of people.
girls
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
hair
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
half-past
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From this reading At half-past seven o'clock the street was full of people.
holding
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
many
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
marched
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
men
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
muslins
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
nearly
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
o'clock
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
old
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
parishioners
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
Parson
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
past
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
people
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From this reading At half-past seven o'clock the street was full of people.
ribbons
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
rustled
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
seven
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From this reading At half-past seven o'clock the street was full of people.
shoes
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
shoulders
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
silken
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
skirts
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
soft
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
spring
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
street
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From this reading At half-past seven o'clock the street was full of people.
Sunday
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From this reading The men, holding back firmly their best broadcloth shoulders, marched past in their creaking Sunday shoes.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
Unitarian
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village
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
wedding
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From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
whispers
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
white
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The wedding was to be at eight o'clock in the evening, and nearly all the village was bidden to it--even many of the Unitarian faction who had been Parson Fair's old parishioners.
wide
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
women
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From this reading The village women rustled through the soft dusk with silken whispers of wide best skirts.
Young
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From this reading Young girls with spring buds in their hair flounced about with white muslins, and fluttering with ribbons, flitted along.
