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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 vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
absentminded
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
any
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
ASHTON
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From this reading COOMBE ASHTON.
bank
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
church
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
churchyard
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
comfort
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
convenient
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
COOMBE
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From this reading COOMBE ASHTON.
cure
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
David
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
Dean
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
divisions
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
doors
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From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
enough
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
entered
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From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
eyes
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From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
farmhouse
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
floors
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
forget
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From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
forlorn
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From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
four
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
gables
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
garden
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
gray
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
house
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
how
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From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
husband
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
indifferent
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
ivy
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
just
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
man
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
old
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
orchard
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
overrun
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
own
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
plain
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
priest
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
religious
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
roomy
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
run
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
saw
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
Sir
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From this reading My husband had left his cure in the hands of Sir David Dean, a good and religious priest, but one as absentminded and indifferent to his own comfort as any man I ever saw.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
stone
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
sweetbrier
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
three
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
Tis
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
together
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
two
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
unornamented
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From this reading 'Tis a stone house of two floors and three or four gables, convenient and roomy enough, but plain and unornamented as any farmhouse.
vicarage
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From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading THE vicarage of Coombe Ashton is just beside the gray old church, so that its garden and orchard, and the churchyard run together without any divisions, save a bank overrun with sweetbrier and ivy.
wretched
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From this reading I shall never forget how forlorn and wretched it looked to my eyes the first time I entered its doors.
