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From this reading And he had a span of horses that cost $1000 and a wonderful carriage.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
awfuladjectiveUS /ˈɑːfəl/
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading He was awful rich.
ballsnounUS /bɔːlz/
plural of “ball” — round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
barnnounUS /bɑːrn/
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
BennettnounUS /ˈbenət/
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading And he had a span of horses that cost $1000 and a wonderful carriage.
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading And he had a span of horses that cost $1000 and a wonderful carriage.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
glitteredverbUS /ˈɡlɪtərd/
past form of “glitter” — be shiny, as if wet
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading And he had a span of horses that cost $1000 and a wonderful carriage.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
and nothing more
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
lotsnounUS /lɑːts/
a large number or amount
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
panounUS /pɑː/
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
possessing material wealth
From this reading He was awful rich.
rodsnounUS /rɑːdz/
plural of “rod” — a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
spannounUS /spæn/
the complete duration of something
From this reading And he had a span of horses that cost $1000 and a wonderful carriage.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
tradedverbUS /ˈtreɪdɪd/
past form of “trade” — engage in the trade of
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
walksnounUS /wɔːks/
plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot
From this reading There was a house there before, and of course lots of trees, bushes around, and walks; and he had built a fine barn with lightning rods all over it with silver balls that just glittered.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now Mr. Bennett had traded his farm for a store in town and was now a merchant prince, my pa said.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading And he had built him a wonderful stone house on a hill with a big yard around it.
