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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 There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
always
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From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
back
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
buildings
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
busy
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From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
called
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
came
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
cells
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
characteristic
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
cheap
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
collected
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
consistent
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
day
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
desert
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
displayed
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
donnaccias
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
enamoured
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
eye
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
few
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
flew
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
flourishing
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
frivolity
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From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
full
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From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
gather
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
Genoese
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
gold-ringed
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
haphazard
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
heterodoxy
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
hive
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
honey
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
hosiery
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
irregular
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
jewellery
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
jumble
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
L'Anonimo
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
like
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
many
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
moral
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
much
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
never-ending
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From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
oasis
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
old
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
opulence
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
orderliness
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
out
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
overlooked
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
Palazzo
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
Parisian
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
picturesqueness
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
possessed
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
qualities
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
quarter
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
Reale
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
reclamation
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
respectability
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
rookery
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
scandal
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
scrap
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
sight
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
solitary
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
stalls
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From this reading Its stalls displayed a characteristic opulence of cheap Parisian hosiery and Genoese jewellery.
store
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
streets
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
There
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
thicketnounUS /ˈθɪkɪt/
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
Turin
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
unconformableness
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From this reading This irregular quarter, called “L’Anonimo,” possessed the qualities of its heterodoxy, and was consistent in nothing but its moral unconformableness.
unconventual
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From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
uniformity
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
very
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From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
vivid
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From this reading It was always very vivid and very busy--a never-ending fair, full of life and frivolity.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
wild
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From this reading There was a jumble of old streets and buildings in Turin, flourishing out of sight behind the Palazzo Reale--like a scrap of wild thicket overlooked in the reclamation of a waste--which, to the many enamoured of orderliness and respectability, was a scandal, and to the few, having an eye for haphazard picturesqueness, the solitary oasis in a desert of uniformity.
winter's
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was not so much a rookery as a hive, whence gold-ringed _donnaccias_ flew to gather their honey, and, having collected, came back to store it, against a winter’s day, in their unconventual little cells.
