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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 INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
all
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From this reading First and foremost, we all danced, day and night.
almost
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
anybody's
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
awoke
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
back
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
begun
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
BRAMBLES
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
built
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
century's
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
clubhouse
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
Cockrell
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
conservative
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
dance
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
danced
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From this reading First and foremost, we all danced, day and night.
day
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From this reading First and foremost, we all danced, day and night.
dear
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
double
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
duly
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
edge
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
embroidering
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
execute
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
execution
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
feel
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
finished
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading First and foremost, we all danced, day and night.
foremostnounUS /ˈforemost/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading First and foremost, we all danced, day and night.
friends
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
giddy
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
gliding
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
Goodloets
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
grove
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
happy
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
heart
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
homes
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
INTOprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
just
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
Ladies
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
Letitia's
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
limit
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
limitations
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
lingerie
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
longer
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
moss
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
Mrs
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
night
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From this reading First and foremost, we all danced, day and night.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
oak
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
off
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
old
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
own
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
parlors
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
petal
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
private
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
proceeded
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
really
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
repose
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
resolve
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
river's
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
rose
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
scraped
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
Settlement
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
shocked
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
sighed
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From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
some
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From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
summer
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And in the execution of that resolve dear old Goodloets almost had some of the moss of its century's repose scraped off of its back.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
thereat
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
Town
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
vigor
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Ladies did not dance outside of their own and their friends' private homes in my day," Mrs. Cockrell had sighed, as she finished the petal of the rose she was embroidering upon some of Letitia's lingerie.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading First and foremost, we all danced, day and night.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
whirl
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From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
wicked
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From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading INTO BRAMBLES The next morning I awoke with the same resolve in my heart, to be happy if wicked, and proceeded to execute it with a great vigor.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading We had really begun the giddy whirl the summer before when we had built the little clubhouse over in the oak grove by the river's edge, just between the Town and the Settlement, so that we would no longer feel the limit and limitations to our gliding of anybody's double parlors, and conservative Goodloets had been duly shocked thereat.
