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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 He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
arcade
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
away
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From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
behaviour
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
boxes
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
came
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From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
carts
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
climb
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
corner
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
Covent
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From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Lilly did not go: he did not want to.
down
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
draught-horses
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
Garden
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From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
go
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From this reading Lilly did not go: he did not want to.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lilly did not go: he did not want to.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
high
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
hours
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
Lilly
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From this reading Lilly did not go: he did not want to.
London
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From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
looking
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
market
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From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
mountains
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
Norway
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From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lilly did not go: he did not want to.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
out
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
people
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From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
room
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From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
settled
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From this reading He came to London and settled in a room over Covent Garden market.
sit
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
size
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
stalls
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
streets
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
Tanny
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From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
three
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From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
up
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From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
vegetables
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
visit
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From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
want
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From this reading Lilly did not go: he did not want to.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The room was high up, a fair size, and stood at the corner of one of the streets and the market itself, looking down on the stalls and the carts and the arcade.
watching
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
window
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From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Lilly would climb out of the window and sit for hours watching the behaviour of the great draught-horses which brought the mountains of boxes and vegetables.
years
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From this reading Tanny went away to Norway to visit her people, for the first time for three years.
