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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 THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
agricultural
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
all
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
Anderby
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
classes
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
country-house
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
cranks
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From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
end
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From this reading Just hold the end of this sheet, will you?"
ENEMIES
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
fact
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
far
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
farm
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From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
farmer
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
farming
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
fathers
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
few
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From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
Germans
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From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
hedge
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From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
high-road
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From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
hold
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From this reading Just hold the end of this sheet, will you?"
hundreds
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
John
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
Just
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From this reading Just hold the end of this sheet, will you?"
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
large
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
learnt
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
lives
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
moon
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
more
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From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
now
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
out
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
Oxford
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
pretend
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
read
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From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
remains
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
removed
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
said
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
seem
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
sheet
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From this reading Just hold the end of this sheet, will you?"
SOCIETY
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
spent
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From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
That's
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Just hold the end of this sheet, will you?"
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
very
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
well
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
who've
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And you've read a few books by Germans and cranks, none of whom have done more than look into a farm from across the hedge from the high-road.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
years
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From this reading And now you come to Anderby, and pretend you know more about farming than John and me, who've done it all our lives, and our fathers before us for hundreds of years!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
you're
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
you've
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From this reading THE ENEMIES OF SOCIETY "That's all very well, but when you've said everything you know the fact remains that you're not a farmer and never will be.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You seem to have spent your time at a large country-house where you were as far removed from the agricultural classes as though you were in the moon, and at Oxford where as far as I can make out you pretend to know something about everything without having learnt it.
