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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 Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
advance
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
Allen's
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
Anna
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
any
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
basiler
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From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
bent
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
better
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
bodies
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
breakfast
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
care
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
children
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
children's
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
closter
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
come
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
complicated
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
couldn't
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
disease
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From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
don't
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
dretful
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From this reading Hain’t it dretful hard to embroider that fine lace?”
embroider
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From this reading Hain’t it dretful hard to embroider that fine lace?”
embroiderin
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
embroidery
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
end
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
fine
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
finish
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
Hain't
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From this reading Hain’t it dretful hard to embroider that fine lace?”
half
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
happiness
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
hard
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From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
hearts
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
help
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
how
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
interests
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
jest
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
Josiah
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
Josiah's
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
know
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
labor
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
lace
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
lookin
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
ornamentin
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
out
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
quarter
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
room
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
ruffles
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
service
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
settin
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
sewin
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
shirt
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
skirt
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
some
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
souls
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
spend
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
spent
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
still
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
stitches
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
studyin
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
Tamer
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hain’t it dretful hard to embroider that fine lace?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
think
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From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
thought
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
time
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
took
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
trim
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
watch
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
wearisome
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
welfare
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From this reading And she bent closter still over the fine complicated stitches of that wearisome lookin’ embroidery, and I thought and couldn’t help it, if you would spend half or a quarter of the time you spend in ornamentin’ the bodies of your children, in lookin’ out for their souls and hearts, and studyin’ their welfare, you would come out better in the end.
Well
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
wife
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
willing
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
work
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From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
wuz
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From this reading Well, after breakfast Tamer and I wuz in the settin’ room both on us sewin’, for I had took a fine shirt of Josiah’s to finish, and she wuz embroiderin’ some lace ruffles to trim a skirt for Anna.
Yes
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From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Yes, Josiah Allen’s wife, it is hard, but you know I don’t mind any labor or any care if I can advance my children’s happiness, you know jest how I watch over their interests and am willing to spend and be spent in their service.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Tamer, I should think such work would be hard on your basiler disease, whatever it is.
