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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 east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
apart
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
Approach
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
aptly
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
architecture
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
befits
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
Burns
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
butter-churn
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
Calton
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
cases
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
circuit
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
compared
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
comparisons
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
completes
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
craggy
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
cutting
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From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
differently
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
down
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
Dugald
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
east
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
Edinburgh
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
elevation
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
embraces
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
erection
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
field
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From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
find
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From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
gives
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
guarded
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
hand
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
handiworks
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
hill
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
honours
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
latter
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
leaving
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
London
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
Lord
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
lower
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
memorialised
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
men's
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
monuments
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From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
mount
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From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
Nelson
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
new
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
old
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
other
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
ranks
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
road
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
rock
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From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
runs
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
sailor
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
side
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From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
situation
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
spur
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
stairs
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From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
Stewart
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
telescope
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
top-gallant
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From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
town
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From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Dugald Stewart has the honours of situation and architecture; Burns is memorialised lower down upon a spur; Lord Nelson, as befits a sailor, gives his name to the top-gallant of the Calton Hill.
vilest
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From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The east of new Edinburgh is guarded by a craggy hill, of no great elevation, which the town embraces.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The old London road runs on one side of it; while the New Approach, leaving it on the other hand, completes the circuit.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading This latter erection has been differently and yet, in both cases, aptly compared to a telescope and a butter-churn; comparisons apart, it ranks among the vilest of men’s handiworks.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You mount by stairs in a cutting of the rock to find yourself in a field of monuments.
