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1855
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2
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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 This copy is Number 2 _Walt Whitman: Yesterday & Today_ On a day about mid-year in 1855, the conventional literary world was startled into indecorous behavior by the unannounced appearance of a thin quarto sheaf of poems, in form and in tone unlike anything of precedent issue.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading This copy is Number 2 _Walt Whitman: Yesterday & Today_ On a day about mid-year in 1855, the conventional literary world was startled into indecorous behavior by the unannounced appearance of a thin quarto sheaf of poems, in form and in tone unlike anything of precedent issue.
age
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The edition of this book consists of six hundred copies on this Fabriano hand-made paper, and the type distributed.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading This copy is Number 2 _Walt Whitman: Yesterday & Today_ On a day about mid-year in 1855, the conventional literary world was startled into indecorous behavior by the unannounced appearance of a thin quarto sheaf of poems, in form and in tone unlike anything of precedent issue.
appearance
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appeared
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
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author's
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behavior
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betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
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book
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bore
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was called Leaves of Grass, and there were but twelve poems in the volume.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This copy is Number 2 _Walt Whitman: Yesterday & Today_ On a day about mid-year in 1855, the conventional literary world was startled into indecorous behavior by the unannounced appearance of a thin quarto sheaf of poems, in form and in tone unlike anything of precedent issue.
called
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captions
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clues
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coatless
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consists
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conventional
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copies
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copy
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copyright
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day
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distributed
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edition
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engraving
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Fabriano
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flaringly
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form
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forty
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furnished
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Grass
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hand-made
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hundred
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identifying
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imprint
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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indecorous
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This copy is Number 2 _Walt Whitman: Yesterday & Today_ On a day about mid-year in 1855, the conventional literary world was startled into indecorous behavior by the unannounced appearance of a thin quarto sheaf of poems, in form and in tone unlike anything of precedent issue.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This copy is Number 2 _Walt Whitman: Yesterday & Today_ On a day about mid-year in 1855, the conventional literary world was startled into indecorous behavior by the unannounced appearance of a thin quarto sheaf of poems, in form and in tone unlike anything of precedent issue.
issue
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ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was called Leaves of Grass, and there were but twelve poems in the volume.
Leaves
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literary
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man
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mid-year
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name
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neck
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NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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notice
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Number
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The edition of this book consists of six hundred copies on this Fabriano hand-made paper, and the type distributed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The edition of this book consists of six hundred copies on this Fabriano hand-made paper, and the type distributed.
only
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openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading A steel engraving of a man presumably between thirty and forty years of age, coatless, shirt flaringly open at the neck, and a copyright notice identifying Walter Whitman with the publication, furnished the only clues.
page
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paper
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poems
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precedent
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presumably
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publication
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publisher
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quarto
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separate
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sheaf
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shirt
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six
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startled
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steel
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The edition of this book consists of six hundred copies on this Fabriano hand-made paper, and the type distributed.
there
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thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading This copy is Number 2 _Walt Whitman: Yesterday & Today_ On a day about mid-year in 1855, the conventional literary world was startled into indecorous behavior by the unannounced appearance of a thin quarto sheaf of poems, in form and in tone unlike anything of precedent issue.
thirty
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thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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title
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Today
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tone
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twelve
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type
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unannounced
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unlike
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uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
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volume
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Walt
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Walter
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This copy is Number 2 _Walt Whitman: Yesterday & Today_ On a day about mid-year in 1855, the conventional literary world was startled into indecorous behavior by the unannounced appearance of a thin quarto sheaf of poems, in form and in tone unlike anything of precedent issue.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was called Leaves of Grass, and there were but twelve poems in the volume.
Whitman
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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world
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years
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Yesterday
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