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It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England. We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English. It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters. Only _en masse_ the metal is all Britannia. In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading “We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.”
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From this reading Only _en masse_ the metal is all Britannia.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
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From this reading Only _en masse_ the metal is all Britannia.
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From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
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From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
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From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
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From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
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From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
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From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading Only _en masse_ the metal is all Britannia.
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From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
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From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
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From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
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From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
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From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
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From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
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From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
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From this reading Only _en masse_ the metal is all Britannia.
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From this reading Only _en masse_ the metal is all Britannia.
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From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
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From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading Only _en masse_ the metal is all Britannia.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
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From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
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From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
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From this reading It is remarkable how many odd or extraordinary people there are in England.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
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From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading In an ugly little mining town we find the odd ones just as distinct as anywhere else.
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From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We hear continual complaints of the stodgy dullness of the English.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be quite as just to complain of their freakish, unusual characters.
