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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 car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
all
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
away
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
back
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
bar
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
better
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
Billy
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
boasted
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
car
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
centre
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
Chelmsford
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
climbed
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
collision
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
down
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
enough
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
entered
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From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
far
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
farm-cart
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
four
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From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
Garage
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
gone
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
half-past
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From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
indeed
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
inn
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
isn't
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
just
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From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
leaving
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
looks
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
luggage
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
made
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
Maurice's
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
monotonous
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
neighbourhood
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
notice-board
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
old-fashioned
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
out
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
outskirts
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From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
place
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
Plough
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
possession
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
proclaiming
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
put
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
ran
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
red-and-white
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
said
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
slight
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
success
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
then
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
too
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
town
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
two-storey
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
up
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From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
way
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
well
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From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We pulled up at the Plough, an old-fashioned two-storey inn in the centre of the town, which boasted a red-and-white notice-board proclaiming its possession of a "Garage."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The car had gone well enough; indeed, except for a slight collision with a farm-cart in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, our journey down had been a monotonous success.
Woodford
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From this reading It was just about half-past four when we entered the outskirts of Woodford.
yard
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From this reading We ran the car into the yard, and then climbed out, leaving our luggage in the back, and made our way into the bar.
you'd
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From this reading "This looks all right, Billy," I said "If Maurice's place isn't too far away, you'd better put up here."
