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1642
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
9th
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
activity
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
aided
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
all
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
axe
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
beautiful
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
bowed
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
Burghers
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
busiest
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
carpenters
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
city
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
clothes
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
coopers
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
crashing
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
dense
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
drays
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
driving
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
earth
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
earth-stained
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
fall
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
fir
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
forest
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
Freiberg
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
gaunt-looking
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
GIVE
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From this reading PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
head
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
heads
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
heavy
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
hundred
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
joiners
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
loading
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
lofty
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
many
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
masses
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
men
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
mines
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
mining
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
MUSTmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
NECESSITIES
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From this reading PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
night-caps
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
November
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
off
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
others
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
people
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
pine
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
PLACE
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From this reading PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
possible
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
presented
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
PRIVATE
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From this reading PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
PUBLIC
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From this reading PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
rapidly
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
readiness
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
red
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
RIGHTS
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From this reading PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
saw
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
scene
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From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
Several
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
speed
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
stroke
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the 9th of November 1642, the forest of Freiberg presented a scene of the busiest activity.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
thinning
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PRIVATE RIGHTS MUST GIVE PLACE TO PUBLIC NECESSITIES.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
town
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
tree
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
trees
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
trunks
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From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Burghers and others, aided by the gaunt-looking mining people, with earth-stained clothes and red night-caps on their heads, were loading the long heavy trunks upon drays that stood in readiness, and driving them off with all speed towards the town.
vied
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
wheelwrights
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
wood-cutters
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From this reading The wood-cutters from the mines vied with those from the city--joiners, carpenters, wheelwrights, and coopers--in thinning the dense masses of beautiful forest trees as rapidly as possible.
work
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From this reading Several hundred men were at work, and many a great pine and fir tree bowed its lofty head beneath the stroke of axe and saw, to fall at last crashing to earth.
