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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 They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
adding
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
age
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
All
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
backs
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
carefully
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
chairs
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
corner
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
curves
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
day
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From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
departed
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
dinner-table
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
disappearing
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
down
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
fields
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
finished
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
frame
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
glaring
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
gone
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
gossiped
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
house
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From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
insinuating
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
invisible
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
ironing
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
kind
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
middle
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
mountain
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
move
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
near-by
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
needles
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
neighborhood
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
noon
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
older
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
only
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
others
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
out
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
paths
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
pausing
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
preparatory
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
quilt
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
quilting
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From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
room
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
sat
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
set
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
seven
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
sew
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
sisters
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From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
Six
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
slow
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
some
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
square
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
stack
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
sun
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
taken
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
thrust
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
traversing
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
two
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From this reading They had had a quilting at the house of the two sisters that day.
up
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
useless
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
varicolored
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
way
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From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All day long they had thrust their needles up and down and gossiped in their slow, insinuating way, pausing only at noon to move their chairs to the dinner-table, where they sat with the same set curves to their backs.
women
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From this reading Six or seven women of the neighborhood, of middle age or older, had been in to sew on the glaring, varicolored square.
wood
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
wooden
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
workers
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From this reading The sun had gone down behind the mountain and the workers had departed, some traversing the fields and others disappearing by invisible paths in the near-by wood.
wrinkles
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From this reading The two sisters had taken the finished quilt from its wooden frame, and were carefully ironing out the wrinkles preparatory to adding it to the useless stack of its kind in the corner of the room.
