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absent
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
active
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE SHEEPFOLD.
anniversary
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
blank
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
cartridges
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
category
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
celebrants
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
celebrated
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
Centennial
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
cities
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
coffers
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The glorious Fourth has come and gone.
completed
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
dispose
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
East
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
eclat
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
enthusiasm
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
especially
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
fireworks
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
FourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The glorious Fourth has come and gone.
frontier
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
fun
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
glorious
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From this reading The glorious Fourth has come and gone.
gone
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From this reading The glorious Fourth has come and gone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The glorious Fourth has come and gone.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
modified
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
mostly
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
national
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
Out
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
parade
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
Philadelphia
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
picnic
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
plethoric
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
rejoiced
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
service
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From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
SHEEPFOLD
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From this reading THE WOLF AND THE SHEEPFOLD.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
song
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
speech
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From this reading The Centennial anniversary has had its completed category of parade and picnic; speech and song; fun and fireworks.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WOLF AND THE SHEEPFOLD.
thousands
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
thronging
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
tribute
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
unusual
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
visiting
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From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Out on the frontier we have celebrated with modified _eclat_, since the national celebrants are mostly absent on active service, and have no blank cartridges to dispose of.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The thronging cities of the East have rejoiced with unusual enthusiasm, especially Philadelphia, whose coffers are plethoric with the tribute of visiting thousands.
WOLF
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From this reading THE WOLF AND THE SHEEPFOLD.
