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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 There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
affected
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From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
Barleymow
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From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
brick
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From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
built
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From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
called
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
careless
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
contact
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
damp
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
end
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From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
far
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From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
garden
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From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
gentlefolk
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
Green
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
houses
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
live
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
lived
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
lower
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From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
luxuriant
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From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
midst
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From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
mouldy
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
much
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
neighbourhood
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From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
old-fashioned
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
other
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
out
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
partly
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From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
passer-by
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
repair
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
small
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
smallest
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From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
some
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
supposed
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From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
There
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
tumbledown
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
two
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From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
unpleasantly
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From this reading It must not be supposed however that they were unpleasantly affected by the neighbourhood of the ‘Barleymow.’
variety
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
very
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
wealthy
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From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There were a great variety of houses on the Green; some of them handsome and wealthy, some very old-fashioned, some even which might be called tumbledown.
whitewashed
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From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
withdrawn
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From this reading They were withdrawn from contact with it quite as much as we were, who lived at the other end; and though they were small and out of repair, and might even look mouldy and damp to a careless passer-by, they were still houses for gentlefolk, where nobody need have been ashamed to live.
wood
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From this reading They were built partly of wood and partly of whitewashed brick, and each stood in the midst of a very luxuriant garden.
worst
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From this reading The two worst and smallest of these were at the lower end of the Green, not far from the ‘Barleymow.’
