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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 A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
able
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
actual
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
all
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
almost
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
any
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
armies
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
away
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
awhile
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From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
boy
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
came
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
Continental
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
country
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
danger
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
days
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
declared
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
DEFEAT
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
delight
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
don't
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From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
drilling
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
efforts
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
enlist
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From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
Ephraim
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
excitement
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
farm
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
fed
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
feel
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From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
felt
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
forgetting
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
glamour
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
good
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
Hadley
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
hanging
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
help
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
hills
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
hourly
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
imagination
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
inn
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
inspired
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
kindly
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
life
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
likely
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From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
lines
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
made
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
man
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
marching
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
MESSENGER
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
miles
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
Miser
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
more
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
Morris
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
mother
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
near
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
nephew's
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
Oaks
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
officer
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
old
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
overran
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
Pennsylvania
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
Philadelphia
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
Prentice
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
promise
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
regarding
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
regularly
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From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
repelled
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
said
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From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
September
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
south
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
spoiling
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From this reading Prentice declared almost hourly that Hadley was “spoiling a good officer by hanging about a country inn.”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
then
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
Three
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
troops
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From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
two
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
uncertainty
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From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
Uncle
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
west
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From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A MESSENGER OF DEFEAT In the excitement of those September days, when the two armies overran the Pennsylvania hills to the west and south of Philadelphia, Hadley came near forgetting his Uncle Ephraim and the promise he had made his mother regarding the old man.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Miser Morris had so repelled his nephew’s kindly efforts to help him, that the boy felt he was no more able to do him any good while at the Three Oaks than he was miles away from the Morris farm in the lines of the Continental troops.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And then, the glamour of the life--the drilling, the marching, the uncertainty, the danger--all fed his imagination and inspired him with actual delight.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “I don’t feel that I could regularly enlist,” the boy said to him, “so I am not likely to be an officer yet awhile.
