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abroad
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ain
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From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
arise
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assimilate
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babbling
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biggin
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Black
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booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
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busiest
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
clever
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cling
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From this reading Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech.
congruity
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conquered
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contrasts
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Country
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cross
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desert
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diabolically
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dialects
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differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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divisions
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empire
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England
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extent
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force
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foreign
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France
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
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Gaelic
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From this reading Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech.
go
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Grant
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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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Hillebrand
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house
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From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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inhabitants
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Ireland
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From this reading Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
islands
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ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
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ken
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Kingdom
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managed
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many
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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
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Moor
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mountains
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Mr
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
nations
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
o't
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From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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offering
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old
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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only
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over-population
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partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech.
particular
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parts
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people
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peopled
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race
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races
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Rannoch
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recent
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Scottish
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seas
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set
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
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singular
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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speech
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sprang
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stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech.
stocks
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SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech.
there
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From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
thoughts
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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Two
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United
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unkindliest
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Wales
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From this reading Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
well
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whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
White
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wide
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From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign parts of England; and the race that has conquered so wide an empire has not yet managed to assimilate the islands whence she sprang.
