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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 “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
amazing
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
Amsterdam
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From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
away
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
beautiful
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
beds
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
bulb
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
carnations
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
century
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
city
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
colored
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
commanded
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
country
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From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
craze
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
delightful
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From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
enormous
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
everywhere
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
Frans
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
gulden
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
Haarlem
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
Hague
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
half-hour
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
Hals
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
heard
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
Holland
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
hundreds
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
indicated
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
judge
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
lay
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
like
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
line
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
money
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
more
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From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
Museum
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
o'clock
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
once
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
people
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
picture
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
pleasure
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
post-cards
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
prepared
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From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
ran
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
rare
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
Rotterdam
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From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
round
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From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
Ryks
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
sale
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
single
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
sixteenth
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
sold
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
species
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
SPOTLESS
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
Stadhuis
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
subsequent
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
suffered
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
sums
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
swept
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I found this so, but even more than the tulip beds I found the country round about from Amsterdam to Haarlem, The Hague and Rotterdam delightful.
thousands
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
three
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
to-day
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
TOWN
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
tulip
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
tulips
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From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
value
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From this reading Rare species, because of the value of the subsequent bulb sale, sold for hundreds of thousands of gulden.
visit
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From this reading “SPOTLESS TOWN” At three o’clock I left these pleasant people to visit the Ryks Museum and the next morning ran over to Haarlem, a half-hour away, to look at the Frans Hals in the Stadhuis.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading I had heard of the long line of colored tulip beds that lay between here and Haarlem and The Hague and I was prepared to judge for myself whether they were beautiful--as beautiful as the picture post-cards sold everywhere indicated.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Haarlem was the city, I remember with pleasure, that once suffered the amazing tulip craze that swept over Holland in the sixteenth century--the city in which single rare tulips, like single rare carnations to-day, commanded enormous sums of money.
