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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 A GOOD BISHOP AND A HARD BISHOPRIC.
all
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From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
alms
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From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GOOD BISHOP AND A HARD BISHOPRIC.
any
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
BISHOP
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From this reading A GOOD BISHOP AND A HARD BISHOPRIC.
BISHOPRIC
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From this reading A GOOD BISHOP AND A HARD BISHOPRIC.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
carriage
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From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
chapels
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
coach
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From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
converted
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From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
curacies
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
D
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
diocese
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
ease
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
eighty-five
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
fatiguing
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
few
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
forty-one
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
GOODnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GOOD BISHOP AND A HARD BISHOPRIC.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
HARD
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From this reading A GOOD BISHOP AND A HARD BISHOPRIC.
hardly
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
hundred
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
just
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
less
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From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
managed
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From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
many
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
mountains
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
mule
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From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
near
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From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
now
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
place
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From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
plain
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From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
plains
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
roads
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
saw
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
task
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From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
there
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
twenty-two
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
two
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
vicarages
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From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
visit
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From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
visitations
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From this reading The Bishop, though he had converted his coach into alms, did not the less make his visitations.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a task to visit all these, but the Bishop managed it.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The diocese of D---- is fatiguing; there are few plains and many mountains, and hardly any roads, as we saw just now: twenty-two curacies, forty-one vicarages, and two hundred and eighty-five chapels of ease.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He went on foot when the place was near, in a carriage when it was in the plain, and on a mule when it was in the mountains.
