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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 EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
acres
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
almost
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
arbour
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
Beauty's
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
blooming
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
cross-grained
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From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
deny
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From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
EGLANTINE
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From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
enclosed
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
forsythia
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
grey-stucco
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
growing
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
heavily
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
hedge
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
high
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
hill
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From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
house
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
just
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From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
lay
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From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
locust
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
magnolias
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
main
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
maples
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
old
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
osage-orange
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
palace
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
pink
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
place
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From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
porch
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
roses
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
silver
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
Sleeping
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
softly
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From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
spiræa
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
sweet
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From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
sweetly
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From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
swelling
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From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It lay sweetly on just the right, softly swelling hill.
There
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
thickets
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
thorny
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
three
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
trees
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From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
trellises
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
twenty
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
walks
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading EGLANTINE No one could be so cross-grained as to deny that Eglantine was a sweet place.
weigelia
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were silver maples and heavily blooming locust trees and three fine magnolias.
white
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
whole
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
winding
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From this reading There were thickets of weigelia and spiræa and forsythia, and winding walks, and an arbour, and the whole twenty acres or so was enclosed by a thorny, osage-orange hedge, almost, though not quite so high as the hedge around the Sleeping Beauty's palace.
windows
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
wings
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
wistaria
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From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The old grey-stucco main house had a sweet porch, with wistaria growing sweetly over it; the long, added grey-stucco wings had pink and white roses growing sweetly on trellises between the windows.
