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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 "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
all
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
appendages
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
aside
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
built
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From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
cliff
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From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
cliff-top
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
climbed
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
crooked
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
days
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
down
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
England
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
face
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From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
feet
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
flourished
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
high
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From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
houses
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
infancy
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
intact
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
irregular
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
Jorgan
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
ladders
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
laid
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
level
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From this reading There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
like
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
lofty
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From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
looking
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
made
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
mighty
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
most
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
old
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
opposite
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
pack-saddle
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
parts
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From this reading The old pack-saddle, long laid aside in most parts of England as one of the appendages of its infancy, flourished here intact.
place
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
placed
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
pretty
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
road
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From this reading There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.
rose
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
rows
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
said
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
saw
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
sea-beach
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
sharp
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
sheer
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From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
sides
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
sing'lar
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
six
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
some
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
stages
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
staves
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
steep
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From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
stones
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
succession
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
There
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From this reading There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
twisting
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
two
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
up
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From this reading "And a mighty sing'lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!" said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it.
vehicle
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From this reading There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.
village
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From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff.
wheeled
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From this reading There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.
white
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
wide
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From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
yard
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From this reading There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there, and there and here, rose, like the sides of a long succession of stages of crooked ladders, and you climbed up the village or climbed down the village by the staves between, some six feet wide or so, and made of sharp irregular stones.
