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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 avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
angles
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
avenue
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
brick
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
coping
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
crowned
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
distance
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
Donal
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
dreary
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
end
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
England
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
farm-yard
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From this reading It guided them to a farm-yard.
few
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
GARDEN
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From this reading THE OLD GARDEN.
gray
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
grayness
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
guided
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From this reading It guided them to a farm-yard.
high
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
lichens
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
like
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
meets
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
mortar
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
OLD
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From this reading THE OLD GARDEN.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
reached
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
red
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
relieve
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
rich-coloured
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
roof-like
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
skirtednounUS /ˈskirted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
some
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
somewhat
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
stone
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
stop
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD GARDEN.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It guided them to a farm-yard.
then
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
tufts
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
turned
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
wall
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From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
wall-plants
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From this reading But its roof-like coping was crowned with tufts of wall-plants, and a few lichens did something to relieve the grayness.
walls
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From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a somewhat dreary wall--of gray stone, with mortar as gray--not like the rich-coloured walls of old red brick one meets in England.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The avenue seemed to Donal about to stop dead against a high wall, but ere they quite reached the end, they turned at right angles, skirted the wall for some distance, then turned again with it.
