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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 La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
artificially
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
bank
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
bridge
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
broad
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
built
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
cliff
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
climates
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
country
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
covered
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
cut
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
D
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From this reading To D. W.
doors
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
down
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
exposure
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From this reading The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.
face
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
finest
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From this reading The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.
flows
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
fruit
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From this reading The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.
gardens
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
generations
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
go
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
green
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
Grenadiere
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
grown
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
high
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
hot
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
house
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
houses
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
islands
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
La
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
lake
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
lines
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
Loire
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
many
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
mile
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
out
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
patient
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
produce
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
rays
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
reflects
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
ripens
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From this reading The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.
river
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
rock
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
scattered
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
southern
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From this reading The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.
stand
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
stone
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
stream
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
sun
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
temperature
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
terraces
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
there
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From this reading The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To D. W.
toil
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From this reading The patient toil of many generations has cut terraces in the cliff, so that the face of the rock reflects the rays of the sun, and the produce of hot climates may be grown out of doors in an artificially high temperature.
Tours
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From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
two
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
uniformly
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
vineyards
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
W
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From this reading To D. W.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
white
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From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards.
world
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From this reading The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours.
