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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
acted
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
bailiff
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
beans
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From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
brother
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
came
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
days
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
debts
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
faggots
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From this reading So many faggots handed over to your son.
fetch
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From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
fields
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
fine
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
God
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
gun
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
handed
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From this reading So many faggots handed over to your son.
hard
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
harvest-time
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
hearing
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
horseback
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
interests
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
left
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
litany
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
look
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
malaria
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
man
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
many
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From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
never
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
open-mouthed
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
out
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
poor
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
pounds
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From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
remained
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
riding
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
run
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
season
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
shoulder
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
slept
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
snow
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From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
son
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From this reading So many faggots handed over to your son.
spite
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
spot
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
time
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From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
troubling
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From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
up
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From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
wife
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From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
winter
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But at harvest-time he came riding up on horseback, along with his brother, who acted as his bailiff, with his gun over his shoulder, and never left the spot.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He slept out in the fields, in spite of the malaria, so as to look after his interests, without troubling himself about God or man.
wretches
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From this reading The poor wretches who, in the fine season, had forgotten the hard days of the winter, remained open-mouthed, hearing him run over the litany of their debts.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “So many pounds of beans that your wife came to fetch at the time of the snow.
