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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 It is a people of lace-makers.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
ago
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
air
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
audible
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
black
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
bobbins
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
brigand
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
brightness
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
called
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
cap
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
caps
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
clattering
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From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
colour
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
day
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
district
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
earn
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
edification
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England
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
felt
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
five
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
foreign
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
francs
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
gaudy
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
gay
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
give
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
group
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
groups
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
hat
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
head
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a people of lace-makers.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a people of lace-makers.
lace
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
lace-makers
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From this reading It is a people of lace-makers.
largely
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
London
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
Monastier
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
noise
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
Now
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From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is a people of lace-makers.
off
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From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
others
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From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
people
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From this reading It is a people of lace-makers.
pound
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
prayers
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From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
ribbon
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
shawls
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
sit
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
six
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
sometimes
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
street
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
streets
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
supplied
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
then
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From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
torchon
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
unusual
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
wear
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
white
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From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They wear gaudy shawls, white caps with a gay ribbon about the head, and sometimes a black felt brigand hat above the cap; and so they give the street colour and brightness and a foreign air.
woman
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From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
women
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From this reading The women sit in the streets by groups of five or six; and the noise of the bobbins is audible from one group to another.
work
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From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
worth
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From this reading A while ago, when England largely supplied herself from this district with the lace called _torchon_, it was not unusual to earn five francs a day; and five francs in Monastier is worth a pound in London.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now and then you will hear one woman clattering off prayers for the edification of the others at their work.
