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1844
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
afterwards
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
all
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
amusing
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
book
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
called
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
Catholic
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
centre
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
CHRISTMAS
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
Church
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
civilization
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
considered
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
DICKENS
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
Dickensland
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From this reading His travels are not travels in Italy, but travels in Dickensland.
end
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
endless
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
England
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
Europe
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
felt
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
foreign
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His travels are not travels in Italy, but travels in Dickensland.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
insist
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
Italian
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
Italy
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
July
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
Latin
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
lie
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He never travelled out of England.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His travels are not travels in Italy, but travels in Dickensland.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
out
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
pages
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
phase
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
Pictures
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
really
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
Rome
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
sketches
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
south
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
summarized
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
there
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
things
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
tour
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From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
trace
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
travelled
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
travels
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From this reading His travels are not travels in Italy, but travels in Dickensland.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
very
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
vivacious
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
wait
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From this reading There is no trace in all these amusing pages that he really felt the great foreign things which lie in wait for us in the south of Europe, the Latin civilization, the Catholic Church, the art of the centre, the endless end of Rome.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS In the July of 1844 Dickens went on an Italian tour, which he afterwards summarized in the book called “Pictures from Italy.”
worry
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From this reading They are, of course, very vivacious, but there is no great need to insist on them, considered as Italian sketches; there is no need whatever to worry about them as a phase of the mind of Dickens when he travelled out of England.
