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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 These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
almost
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
America
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
American
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
Americans
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
Atlantic
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
B
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
belong
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
by-gone
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
cautious
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
character
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
closest
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
common
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
conventional
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
eight
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
faintly
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
feared
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
friends
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
Frontier
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
gain
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
imagination
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
invaluable
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
J
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
kinship
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
live
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
made
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
manners
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
Many
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
near
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
nearer
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
O
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
often
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
other
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
parts
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
past
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
perhaps
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
PrintednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
proceed
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
received
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
resemble
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
Revolution
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
S
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
separate
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
sorts
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From this reading Many sorts of Americans live in America; and the Atlantic American, it is to be feared, often has a cautious and conventional imagination.
States
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
stories
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
suspicion
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
swiftly
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
there
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
Thus
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
tie
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From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the nearer tie of having here and there a character in common.
United
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
W
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From this reading _Printed in the United States of America._ S. B. W. AND O. J. W.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
weight
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
Western
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
whole
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From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Thus they resemble faintly the separate parts of a whole, and gain, perhaps, something of the invaluable weight of length; and they have been received by my closest friends with suspicion.
yesterday
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From this reading These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed.
