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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 Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
all
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant.
autumn
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
bank
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
boys
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
broad
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
class
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
classes
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
country
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
deftly
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
down
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
dripping
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
England
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From this reading How fair a prospect of southern England!
exquisite
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How fair a prospect of southern England!
fro
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
grasses
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From this reading The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
hedges
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From this reading The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant.
Henfield
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
homeliness
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
How
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From this reading How fair a prospect of southern England!
hundred
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
interwoven
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
Land
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
leading
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
loiter
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
lush
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From this reading The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant.
luxuriant
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From this reading The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant.
nursemaids
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
prospect
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From this reading How fair a prospect of southern England!
quiet
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
rain
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
Restless
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
road
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
sat
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
scramble
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
small
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
smooth
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
southern
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From this reading How fair a prospect of southern England!
Sussex
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
tall
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From this reading The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The grasses are lush, and the hedges are tall and luxuriant.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
Three
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
town
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
vagrant
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From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
waxing
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From this reading Land of exquisite homeliness and order; land of town that is country, of country that is town; land of a hundred classes all deftly interwoven and all waxing to one class--England.
white
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Restless boys scramble to and fro, quiet nursemaids loiter, and a vagrant has sat down to rest though the bank is dripping with autumn rain.
yards
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From this reading Three hundred yards of smooth, broad, white road leading from Henfield, a small town in Sussex.
