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Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co. The Reilly & Lee Co. F. K. R. There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight. There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.”
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading “There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading F. K. R.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
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From this reading F. K. R.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
above and across; more than
From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading F. K. R.
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From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of "Just Folks"--"Over Here" "A Heap o' Livin'" The Reilly & Lee Co.
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From this reading There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
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From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight.
