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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain · 1876
80%of this book is inside a 1600-word core English vocabulary
71,128words in the book
7,361different words
4,960beyond the core

Ranked #20 of 32 — easiest first.

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The most common words in this book that fall outside the core vocabulary. Names are left out; these are the ones that actually repay learning before you start.

How it starts

“TOM!” No answer. “What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!” No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked _through_ them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for “style,” not service—she could have seen through a pair of…

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