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1833
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
1843
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
anchorage
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From this reading The farm was his anchorage.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
asylum
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From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
began
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From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
BOYHOOD
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
childhood
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
conferences
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From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
daughter
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From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
FARM
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
farmer's
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From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
grandfather
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From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
grandmother
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From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
headquarters
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From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
Here
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From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The farm was his anchorage.
home
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From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
house
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
hundred
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
itinerant
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From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
lived
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From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
married
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From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
Methodists
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From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
more
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
now
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
old
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
Pickering
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From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
preacher
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From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
refuge
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From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
regular
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From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
sect
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From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
section
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From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
slave-owner
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From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
spent
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
starved
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From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
two
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the home of the old Methodists in that section, and had been the headquarters of the sect for a hundred years before it began to have regular "conferences."
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Here lived the slave-owner Pickering, who married my grandmother, the farmer's daughter.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If it had not been for this home, which was a refuge and asylum for the itinerant preacher, grandfather Pickering would have starved.
years
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From this reading MY BOYHOOD ON A FARM 1833-1843 The old house where I spent these years of my childhood and boyhood is now more than two hundred years old.
