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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 To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
A'mighty
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
admire
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
all
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
always
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
ANN
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
applied
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
Big
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
chap
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
davil
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
dictum
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From this reading The mildest dictum pronounced upon her was "Spiled rotten."
ends
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
energy
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
futherance
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
gnat
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From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
gnats
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From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
GRIEVER
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The mildest dictum pronounced upon her was "Spiled rotten."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
industry
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
iniquitous
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
like
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From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
LONGnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LONG SWEETENIN'.
Lord
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
made
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
MARTHA
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
MARY
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
mildest
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From this reading The mildest dictum pronounced upon her was "Spiled rotten."
neighborhoods
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
notorious
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
old
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
pervaded
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From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
pronounced
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From this reading The mildest dictum pronounced upon her was "Spiled rotten."
rotten
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From this reading The mildest dictum pronounced upon her was "Spiled rotten."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
sorghum-making
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From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
Spiled
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From this reading The mildest dictum pronounced upon her was "Spiled rotten."
swarm
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From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
SWEETENIN
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From this reading LONG SWEETENIN'.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
things
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
To-day
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From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
TracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
Turkey
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
unsleeping
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The mildest dictum pronounced upon her was "Spiled rotten."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
whole
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From this reading To-day she pervaded the sorghum-making, not like a gnat, but like a whole swarm of gnats.
wonder
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From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
worst
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Her energy, her unsleeping industry, would have been things to admire and wonder at, had they not been always applied to the futherance of iniquitous ends.
wouldn't
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From this reading MARY ANN MARTHA GRIEVER was notorious all over the Big and Little Turkey Track neighborhoods, as "the worst chap the Lord A'mighty ever made and the old davil himself wouldn't have."
