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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 Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
almost
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
always
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
away
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From this reading Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
bare
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
cabin
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
came
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
couple
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From this reading Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
cut
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
deal
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
demanded
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
Dennis
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From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
Dennis's
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
earthen
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
ending
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
excepting
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
existence
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
expressionless
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
face
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
fate
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
feet
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
fireplace
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
fishing
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From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
floor
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
great
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
home
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From this reading Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
house
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
hunting
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From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
Jack
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
keen
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
knife
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
lad
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
led
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
life
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
light
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
little
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
master
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From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
maybe
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
naked
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
nearly
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From this reading Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
negro
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
off
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From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
other
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
overseer
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
Parker
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From this reading Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
part
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
pattered
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
Peggy
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
PitchernounUS /ˈpɪtʃər/
a container with a handle and a lip, used for holding and pouring liquids
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
ramblingly
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
resentful
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
reserve
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
Roost
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
said
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From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
savage
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
severedadjectiveUS /ˈsevərd/
cut completely into separate parts
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
sharply
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
sitting
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
sometimes
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From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
sooty
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
sort
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
spent
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
stolid
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
strange
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
suddenly
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
taken
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
talking
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
time
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
TURKEY
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
unsettled
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
weeks
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From this reading Mr. Parker had been away from home for nearly a couple of weeks.
went
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From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the master was away from home, Dennis, as has been said, sometimes went off fishing or hunting.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
wife
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From this reading A great deal of his time he spent in or about Dennis’s cabin, maybe sitting in the great sooty fireplace talking ramblingly to the overseer, while the negro wife pattered about the bare earthen floor in her naked feet, her face always stolid and expressionless as with a sort of savage, almost resentful reserve.
WILD
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From this reading THE WILD TURKEY THE ending to that strange and unsettled life that Jack led at the Roost came as suddenly and as sharply as though the one part of his existence had been severed from the other part by the keen cut of the knife of fate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
work
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From this reading He had not taken Jack with him, so that during that time the lad had little or nothing to do excepting such light work about the house as Peggy Pitcher demanded of him.
