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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 It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
able
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
acres
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From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
all
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
approaching
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
ax-men
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
banal
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
battle-field
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
blaze
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
Bois
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
Boulogne
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
boundaries
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
care
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From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
carriage
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
certainly
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From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
Chickamaugas
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
child
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
Dabney
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
de
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
deed
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From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
down
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
forest
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
French
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
fully
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
groves
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
head
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
high
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
include
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From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
John
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
land
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
lordly
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
Major
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From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
many
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From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
more
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
mountain
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
nearly
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
new
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
only
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
outlook
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
overcome
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
Paradise
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
parked
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
permitted
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
phrases
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
power
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
prehistoric
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
promenade
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From this reading It would certainly be permitted; more, the Major would make her a deed to as many of the forest acres as she would care to include in her promenade.
quaint
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
rolled
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
safely
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
savage
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
seen
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From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
sent
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
Sevier
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
showing
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
small
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
sometimes
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
strange
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
talked
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had never seen a mountain, and nothing more nearly approaching a forest than the parked groves of the Bois de Boulogne.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
things
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
tract
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
trees
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From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
twisting
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
urban
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
very
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From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
walk
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading So he talked to the small one of safely prehistoric things, showing her the high mountain battle-field where John Sevier had broken the power of the savage Chickamaugas, and, as the carriage rolled down toward the head of Paradise, the tract of land where the first Dabney had sent his ax-men to blaze the trees for his lordly boundaries.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading It was all new and very strange to a child whose only outlook on life had been urban and banal.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
woods
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From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
Wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would it be permitted that she should sometimes walk in the woods of the first Dabney, she asked, with the quaint French twisting of the phrases that she was never able fully to overcome.
