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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 “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
Advena
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
anxious
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From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
ask
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
back
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
backs
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From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
big
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
coloured
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From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
coming
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
councilnounUS /council/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
days
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From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
depended
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From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
dirt
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From this reading And for dirt--!
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
door
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
English
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enough
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family
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From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
four
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From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
go
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From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
hanging
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
Indian
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From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
just
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
knowing
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
market-day
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
Mrs
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From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
Murchison
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From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
pails
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
papooses
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From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
petticoats
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From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
preserves
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From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
price
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
raspberries
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
raspberry
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From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
round
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
said
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From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
sell
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
Slovenly-looking
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From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
squaws
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
things
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From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
three
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From this reading Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.
tin
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
town
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
trust
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From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
Well
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From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
winter
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From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Well do I remember them when you were a little thing, Advena, hanging round the town on a market-day; and the squaws coming to the back door with their tin pails of raspberries to sell, and just knowing English enough to ask a big price for them.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading But it was on the squaws we depended in those days, or go without raspberry preserves for the winter.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You can never trust an Indian,” said Mrs Murchison at the anxious family council.
