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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 The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
agin
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
Allen
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
alpaca
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
bandbox
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
behold
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
best
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
black
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
bunnet
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
chair
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
clothes
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From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
come
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
Delight
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
democrat
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
dress
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
early
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
ever
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
fair
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
fashion
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
fashionable
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
fashions
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
front
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
goin
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
good
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
got
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
hain't
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From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
hard
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From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
Jack
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
jest
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
kep
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
know
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
left
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
little
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
lo
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
long
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
mornin
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
Mother
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
mother-in-law
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From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
mourned
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
Mournin
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From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
next
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
own
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From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
parents
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From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
pleasant
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
put
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
real
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
right
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
rolled
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
round
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
second
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From this reading I had put on my second best black alpaca dress and my black bunnet that I had mourned for Mother Allen in; it wuz jest as good as it ever wuz.
set
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
shape
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
sot
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
start
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
time
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
went
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
willer
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From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We went with the democrat, and Jack wuz goin’ to set between us after we left Delight; we put in her little willer chair in front, and Jack sot in that till we left her.
wuz
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From this reading The next mornin’ wuz fair and pleasant, and we got a good, early start.
years
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From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It wuz real fashionable in shape, for you know fashions come round agin in jest about so long a time, and I had kep’ this in a bandbox for years and years, till, lo and behold! time, that had rolled round and round, had rolled this right into fashion agin.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mournin’ for a mother-in-law hain’t so hard on clothes as mournin’ for your own parents.
