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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 In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
all
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AND THE OLD BOTTLES The day passed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
blackboards
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
board
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From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
BOTTLES
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From this reading AND THE OLD BOTTLES The day passed.
Bronson
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
came
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From this reading Four o'clock came.
class
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
cockle
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
constituting
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From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
convolvulus
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
day
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From this reading AND THE OLD BOTTLES The day passed.
dust
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
enable
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
exercise
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From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
fire
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
Four
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From this reading Four o'clock came.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
grew
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
home
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
iron-weed
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
Jim
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From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
kindling
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
like
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
list
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From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
morning's
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
morning-glory
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
morrow's
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
naturally
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
Newt
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
o'clock
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From this reading Four o'clock came.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
OLD
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From this reading AND THE OLD BOTTLES The day passed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
out
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
outlines
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AND THE OLD BOTTLES The day passed.
prepare
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
put
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
Raymond
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
reach
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
schoolroom
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
seed
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
Simms
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
spelling
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From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
sprouting
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
staying
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
study
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
supper
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
sweep
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
taken
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
teacher
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
text-book
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AND THE OLD BOTTLES The day passed.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
there
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
viability
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
viable
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
wheat
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From this reading They were not from the text-book, but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat--"cockle," "morning-glory," "convolvulus," "viable," "viability," "sprouting," "iron-weed" and the like.
words
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From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
work
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From this reading In order that all might reach home for supper, there was no staying, except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's fire--a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow's class work as might be required.
writing
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From this reading Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise.
