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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 About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
abundance
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
apprehended
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From this reading She was apprehended, tried, and hanged, because she made herself into a creature like a black pole-cat, and went and sucked the farmers' sows.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
away
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
beat
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading She was apprehended, tried, and hanged, because she made herself into a creature like a black pole-cat, and went and sucked the farmers' sows.
black
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
came
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
caught
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From this reading They caught the wench and searched her, and, sure enough, found her wounded as the man said he had wounded the thing sucking his sow.
concluded
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
CreaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
enough
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
falling
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
farmer
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
farmers
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From this reading She was apprehended, tried, and hanged, because she made herself into a creature like a black pole-cat, and went and sucked the farmers' sows.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They caught the wench and searched her, and, sure enough, found her wounded as the man said he had wounded the thing sucking his sow.
four-footed
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
go
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
got
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
ground
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
hanged
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From this reading She was apprehended, tried, and hanged, because she made herself into a creature like a black pole-cat, and went and sucked the farmers' sows.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She was apprehended, tried, and hanged, because she made herself into a creature like a black pole-cat, and went and sucked the farmers' sows.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
lean
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
like
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
litter
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
made
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
man
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
mightily
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
milk
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
miserable
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
nailed
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
near
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
neighbours
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
off
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
only
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
piglings
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
pigs
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
pitchfork
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
Pole-Cat
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
ran
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
robbed
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
said
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
searched
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From this reading They caught the wench and searched her, and, sure enough, found her wounded as the man said he had wounded the thing sucking his sow.
seen
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
some
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
sow
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
sows
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From this reading She was apprehended, tried, and hanged, because she made herself into a creature like a black pole-cat, and went and sucked the farmers' sows.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
struggled
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
sucked
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
sucking
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From this reading They caught the wench and searched her, and, sure enough, found her wounded as the man said he had wounded the thing sucking his sow.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
Tewkesbury
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From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
thigh
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They caught the wench and searched her, and, sure enough, found her wounded as the man said he had wounded the thing sucking his sow.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
tried
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From this reading She was apprehended, tried, and hanged, because she made herself into a creature like a black pole-cat, and went and sucked the farmers' sows.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
watched
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From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
wench
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From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he asked some neighbours, standing near, what they had seen, they said they had only seen a wench go by, with blood falling from her as she went.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He concluded that something which had no right to it came and robbed his piglings of their milk; so he watched; and sure enough a "black four-footed Creature like a Pole-Cat" came and beat away the pigs and sucked the sow; but the farmer got a pitchfork and ran it into the thigh of the pole-cat, which struggled so mightily that, though it was nailed to the ground, it got away and made off.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading About the same time a Tewkesbury man had a sow and a litter of pigs: the sow with abundance of milk, but the pigs lean and miserable.
wounded
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From this reading They caught the wench and searched her, and, sure enough, found her wounded as the man said he had wounded the thing sucking his sow.
