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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 A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
Act
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
air
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
anticipated
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From this reading Yet in some directions he anticipated it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
Baggs
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading He went, for example, beyond the Flax Mill Ventilation Regulations.
breathed
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
buildings
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
cyclone
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
demanded
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
directions
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From this reading Yet in some directions he anticipated it.
draught
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
example
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From this reading He went, for example, beyond the Flax Mill Ventilation Regulations.
exhaust
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
Factory
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
far
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
Flax
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From this reading He went, for example, beyond the Flax Mill Ventilation Regulations.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He went, for example, beyond the Flax Mill Ventilation Regulations.
FRAME
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
fresh
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
grandmotherly
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
grumble
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
grumbled
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
hackling
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet in some directions he anticipated it.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet in some directions he anticipated it.
Ironsyde
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yet in some directions he anticipated it.
keep
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
law
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
legislation
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
Levi
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
loved
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
main
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
Mill
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From this reading He went, for example, beyond the Flax Mill Ventilation Regulations.
new
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
old
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
pains
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
protested
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
purer
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
Raymond
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
Regulations
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From this reading He went, for example, beyond the Flax Mill Ventilation Regulations.
separators
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
served
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
shop
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
some
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From this reading Yet in some directions he anticipated it.
sometimes
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
stronger
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From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
sweet
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
therein
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
TWIST
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From this reading A TWIST FRAME Raymond Ironsyde grumbled sometimes at the Factory Act and protested against grandmotherly legislation.
vast
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
Ventilation
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From this reading He went, for example, beyond the Flax Mill Ventilation Regulations.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even Levi Baggs could not grumble, for the exhaust draught in his hackling shop was stronger than the law demanded, and the new cyclone separators in the main buildings served to keep the air far purer than of old.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went, for example, beyond the Flax Mill Ventilation Regulations.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
wholesome
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
works
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From this reading He loved fresh air himself, and took vast pains to make his works sweet and wholesome for those who breathed therein.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet in some directions he anticipated it.
