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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 main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
All
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
Atlantic
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
Boltover's
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
building
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
Cement
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
chamber
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From this reading Leading therefrom was the heating chamber and the kiln house.
clay
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
concrete
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
consisted
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
day
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
engine
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
floor
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
four
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
heating
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From this reading Leading therefrom was the heating chamber and the kiln house.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
high
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
house
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From this reading Leading therefrom was the heating chamber and the kiln house.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
kiln
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From this reading Leading therefrom was the heating chamber and the kiln house.
kilns
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From this reading There was no trace of mill, though the kilns still stood.
knives
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
Leading
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From this reading Leading therefrom was the heating chamber and the kiln house.
locomotive
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
machinery
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
main
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
mill
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From this reading There was no trace of mill, though the kilns still stood.
mills
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
mud
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
nearby
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
night
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no trace of mill, though the kilns still stood.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
once
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
only
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
reduced
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
removed
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
revolving
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
river
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
roof
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
slate
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
slurry
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
steam
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no trace of mill, though the kilns still stood.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
strengthened
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
There
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From this reading There was no trace of mill, though the kilns still stood.
therefrom
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From this reading Leading therefrom was the heating chamber and the kiln house.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was no trace of mill, though the kilns still stood.
trace
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From this reading There was no trace of mill, though the kilns still stood.
trucks
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
two
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
up
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
visible
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
walls
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Leading therefrom was the heating chamber and the kiln house.
wash
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From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Here had stood the wash mills and the revolving knives which had reduced the clay and mud from the nearby river into slurry.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
Works
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From this reading The main building of what had once been Boltover’s Cement Works consisted of four high walls and a slate roof.
wreckage
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From this reading All the machinery had been removed, the concrete floor strengthened and the only engine visible was a great Atlantic locomotive which had stood with steam up day and night before the wreckage of two trucks.
