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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 That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
Alton
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
Americans
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
any
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
battle
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
belonged
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
came
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
children
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
community
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
conned
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From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
decisions
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
descriptive
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
disputes
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
dwelt
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
easily
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
enacted
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
fight
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
geography
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From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
growing
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
happy
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
history
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From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
HOME
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
Indian
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
lessons
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From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
LOVE
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
mildly
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
minister
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
more
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
much
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From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
other
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
pages
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
past
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
peaceful
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
people
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
pitchednounUS /pitched/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
progress
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
rejoiced
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
remembered
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
Revolutionary
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
Scenes
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
States
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
statesmen
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
street
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
strife
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
struggle
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
studied
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From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
Sunday-school
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
superintendent
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
then
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
understood
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
undreamed
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From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
United
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
unlike
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
village
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
war
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
wars
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From this reading They studied the history of wars much as they conned their lessons in geography.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
wholly
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From this reading Scenes of strife belonged to the past, or were enacted among people wholly unlike any who dwelt in their peaceful community.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading That Americans should ever fight each other was as undreamed of as that the minister should have a pitched battle in the street with his Sunday-school superintendent.
wordy
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From this reading They rejoiced mildly when in their progress through the United States history they came to pages descriptive of Indian wars and the Revolutionary struggle, since they found their lessons then more easily remembered than the wordy disputes and little understood decisions of statesmen.
years
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From this reading LOVE AT HOME Long years before the war, happy children were growing in the village of Alton.
