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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 It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
BLUE-GRASS
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From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
built
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
CLOVER
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From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
days
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From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
destiny
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From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
dreamed
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
dreams
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From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
feet
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
felt
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From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
FEWKESES
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From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
field
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From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
forth
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
future
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From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
garnered
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
gone
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
happy
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
harvest
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From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
heart
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
history
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From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
Iowa
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From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
Island
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
land
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From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
lived
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From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
man
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
MANOR
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From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
Massachusetts
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
nerved
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
out
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
planted
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
plowed
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
plowing
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From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
poverty
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From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
power
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
prairie
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
privations
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From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
puny
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
put
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
realm
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
Rhode
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
scarcely
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From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
scored
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
shivered
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
small
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From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
sod
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
sowed
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
sowing
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From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
storms
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
things
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From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading THE FEWKESES IN CLOVER AT BLUE-GRASS MANOR Iowa lived in the future in those days.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We felt that we were plowing the field of destiny and sowing for the harvest of history; but we scarcely thought it.
thrilled
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
towns
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
Virginia
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
visions
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a land of poverty and privations and small things, but a land of dreams.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
white
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
winter
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From this reading We shivered in the winter storms, and dreamed; we plowed and sowed and garnered in; but the great things, the happy things, were our dreams and visions.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
world
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From this reading The power that went out of us as we scored that wonderful prairie sod and built those puny towns was the same power that nerved the heart of those who planted Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Virginia, the power that has thrilled the world whenever the white man has gone forth to put a realm under his feet.
