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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 A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
act
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
allowed
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
bearing
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
brightly
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
Buddy
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
Buddy's
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
class
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
Colonel
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
concerning
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
conditions
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
cradle
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
credit
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
DISTRICT
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
door
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
essay
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
evidence
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
eye-witness
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
fact
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
farming
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
full
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
geography
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
grandfathers
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
halted
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
Harvesting
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
HELD
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
hired
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
history
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
implement
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
interest
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
language
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
loiteringverbUS /ˈlɔɪtərɪŋ/
standing or moving slowly without a clear purpose
From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
man
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
McGeehee
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
merit
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
Mountains
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
only
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
pail
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
Pete
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
pupils
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
received
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
reward
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
said
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
SCHOOL
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
schoolhouse
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
scoured
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
seen
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
Simms
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
Simmses
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
snowy
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
States
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
Superintendent
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
supposedly-obsolete
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
surnameless
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
Tennessee
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
times
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
tin
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
two-thirds
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
United
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From this reading Buddy's essay had been passed over to the class in United States history as the evidence of an eye-witness concerning farming conditions in our grandfathers' times.
UP
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
use
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
vast
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
view
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From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
water
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
way
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
Wheat
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading This had been of vast interest to the school in view of the fact that the Simmses were the only pupils in the school who had ever seen in use that supposedly-obsolete harvesting implement, the cradle.
Woodruff
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From this reading He had been allowed to act as Water Superintendent of the Woodruff School as a reward of merit--said merit being an essay on which he received credit in both language and geography on "Harvesting Wheat in the Tennessee Mountains."
Woodruff's
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From this reading The surnameless Pete, Colonel Woodruff's hired man, halted Buddy at the door.
Young
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From this reading A SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD UP Young McGeehee Simms was loitering along the snowy way to the schoolhouse bearing a brightly scoured tin pail two-thirds full of water.
