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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 Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
arms
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
autumn
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
avoiding
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
Barbara
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
blackness
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
Brown
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
carefully
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
child
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
childlike
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
days
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
door
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
down
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From this reading With a merry greeting he helped her down from the great mare.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
evening
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
few
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
fields
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
friendly
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With a merry greeting he helped her down from the great mare.
gentle
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a merry greeting he helped her down from the great mare.
greeting
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From this reading With a merry greeting he helped her down from the great mare.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
hand
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From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
hard
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
heard
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
helped
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From this reading With a merry greeting he helped her down from the great mare.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
ingrain
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
jolly
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
kept
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
lifting
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
like
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
lovely
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
mare
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From this reading With a merry greeting he helped her down from the great mare.
merry
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From this reading With a merry greeting he helped her down from the great mare.
Miss
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
more
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
old
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
putting
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From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
receive
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
red-faced
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
road
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
rode
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
said
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From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
sense
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
shoes
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From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
sight
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
Simon
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
small
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
smithy
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
taking
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From this reading It was but the sense that his blackness was not ingrain, that kept him from taking her in his arms like a child, and lifting her down--so small was she, and so friendly and childlike.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
trot
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
Two
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
usual
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From this reading Two days after, on a lovely autumn evening, Barbara rode Miss Brown across the fields, avoiding the hard road even more carefully than usual.
want
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From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For Miss Brown, as I have said, was in want of shoes, and Barbara herself was to have a hand in putting them on.
watching
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
white-whiskered
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a merry greeting he helped her down from the great mare.
yards
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From this reading The red-faced, white-whiskered, jolly old Simon stood at the smithy door to receive her: he had been watching for her, and had heard the gentle trot over the few yards of road that brought her in sight.
