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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 A LONDON CURACY.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
approbation
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From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
charitable
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
chosen
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From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
close
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
comfortable
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
concentrate
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From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
consciences
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From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
CURACY
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From this reading A LONDON CURACY.
directed
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From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
district
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From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
dwellings
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
efforts
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From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
excitement
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From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
fashionable
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
Felix
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From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
glow
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From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
hunting
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
inhabitants
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
interest
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From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
kind
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
laborers
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From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
LONDON
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From this reading A LONDON CURACY.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
Lying
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
means
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From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
multitude
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From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
neglected
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From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
neighborhood
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
own
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From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
park
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
pleasure-ground
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
rather
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From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
religious
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
sinners
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
stone's
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
streets
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
suffering
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From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
There
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From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
throw
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
unoccupied
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From this reading There was interest and excitement to be found there for their own unoccupied time, and a pleasant glow of approbation for their consciences.
vicar
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From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
vineyard
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From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
wealthy
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The district on which his vicar directed Felix to concentrate his efforts was by no means a neglected one.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was rather suffering from the multitude of laborers, who had chosen it as their part of the great vineyard.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
wretched
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From this reading Lying close to a wealthy and fashionable neighborhood, it had long been a kind of pleasure-ground, or park for hunting sinners in, to the charitable and religious inhabitants of the comfortable dwellings standing within a stone's throw of the wretched streets.
