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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 Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
afternoon
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
agin
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From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
all
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
almost
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
answer
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
any
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From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
Astra
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
back
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
big
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
black
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
blue-and-white
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
cap
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From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
castor
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From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
Castra
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
chair
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
cheerful
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
clouded
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
coachman
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
come
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
couldn't
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
curious-lookin
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
didn't
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
door
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
down
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From this reading Sidled down into the chair, settin’ on the extreme edge of it.
edge
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From this reading Sidled down into the chair, settin’ on the extreme edge of it.
extreme
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From this reading Sidled down into the chair, settin’ on the extreme edge of it.
figgers
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
go
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Greene
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
handed
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
hands
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From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
hearn
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
hesitatin
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From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sidled down into the chair, settin’ on the extreme edge of it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Jonesville
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Josiah
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Josiah's
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
kitchen
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
like
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
little
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
lost
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
luman
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
make
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
meant
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
Miss
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
mistress
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
name
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From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
necessaries
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Newman
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From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
note
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Numan
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
o
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
oilnounUS /ɔɪl/
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
on't
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
ones
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
opened
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
out
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
pensive
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
pleasant
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Pompey
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
rap
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
readin
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
right
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
round
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From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
sayin
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
seal
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
see
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
seem
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
set
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From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
settin
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From this reading Sidled down into the chair, settin’ on the extreme edge of it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
side
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Sidled
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From this reading Sidled down into the chair, settin’ on the extreme edge of it.
skein
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
Smythe's
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
socks
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
some
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
sort
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
sot
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
specks
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
spellin
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From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
spelt
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
square
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
strange
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
sunthin
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
surprise
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
tellin
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From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
there
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From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
thoughts
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
time
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
told
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
took
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
train
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
twiddlin
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From this reading He stood by it, twiddlin’ his cap round in his hands and hesitatin’, but on my tellin’ him agin to set, he sot.
two
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
wanted
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
windin
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
word
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
wuz
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From this reading And I took out my readin’ specks and opened the note; it wuz big and square, and had a curious-lookin’ seal on the back, with some strange figgers and a word or two on’t, but it didn’t seem to be spelt right; I couldn’t make out what it meant; it wuz sunthin’ like this, Astra Castra Numan luman.
wuzn't
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From this reading But if she meant anything about castor oil or somebody by the name of Newman, anybody could see that there wuzn’t any spellin’ to it.
yarn
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From this reading Josiah had to go to Jonesville that afternoon after necessaries, and I sot all alone in my cheerful kitchen almost lost in a train of pleasant thoughts, and some sort o’ pensive ones, and at the same time windin’ a skein of blue-and-white clouded yarn for Josiah’s socks, when I hearn a little rap at the side door and opened it, and see to my surprise Miss Greene Smythe’s black coachman, Pompey, who handed me a note from his mistress, sayin’ she wanted me to answer it, so I told him to come in and sot him a chair.
