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amber
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
apart
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
arms
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Spread Board worked upon the long line as the Carder on the tow.
Baggs
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
Board
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From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
came
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
Carder
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From this reading The Spread Board worked upon the long line as the Carder on the tow.
carriage
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
converted
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
Drawing
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
drawn
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
endless
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
fibre
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
flax
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
flinging
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
Frames
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
gills
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
hackler
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
hackler's
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
head
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
hemp
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
laid
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
leathern
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
line
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
lint-white
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
machine
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
Mr
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
Northover
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From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Spread Board worked upon the long line as the Carder on the tow.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
overlapping
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
platform
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
prepared
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
rhythmic
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
Sarah
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From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
separated
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
shop
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
sliver
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
Spread
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From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
spreading
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
stricks
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
strides
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From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
swift
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
tending
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From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
three
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From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To this came the 'long line' from the hackler--those strides of amber hemp and lint-white flax that Mr. Baggs prepared in the hackler's shop.
toothed
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From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
tow
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From this reading The Spread Board worked upon the long line as the Carder on the tow.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The Spread Board worked upon the long line as the Carder on the tow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Over its endless leathern platform, or spreading carriage, the long fibre was drawn into the toothed gills of the machine and converted into sliver for the Drawing Frames.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With swift and rhythmic flinging apart of her arms over her head, Sarah separated the stricks into three and laid them overlapping on the carriage.
woman
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From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
WORK
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From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
worked
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From this reading The Spread Board worked upon the long line as the Carder on the tow.
young
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From this reading WORK Sarah Northover and another young woman were tending the Spread Board.
