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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 REVELATION.
air
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
all
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
avenue
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
bamboo
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
became
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
beholding
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
blinds
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
blooming
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
broad
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
burned
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
cabbage-trees
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
cane
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
canes
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
columns
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
cottage
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
covered
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
down
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
escaped
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
exclamation
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
fleetest
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From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
flowers
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
fragrance
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
green
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
hastened
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From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
herbs
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
hurried
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
laden
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
lemon-water
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
luxuriant
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
masses
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
mingled
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
night's
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From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
odour
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
once
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
outrage
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From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
porch
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
predominated
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
pretty
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
Provence
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
rage
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
railway
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From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
reached
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
REVELATION
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From this reading A REVELATION.
roses
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
scene
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From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
sensible
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
site
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
slow
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From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
soon
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
sorrow
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
speed
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From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
trellis-work
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
Venetian
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
verandah
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
villa
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From this reading An exclamation of mingled rage and sorrow escaped me on beholding the site of the once pretty cottage or villa.
walls
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
white
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
wood
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From this reading It was soon reached, and as we hurried down the avenue of cabbage-trees we became sensible that the odour of burned wood, canes, and bamboo, predominated over all the fragrance of the herbs and flowers with which the morning air was laden.
wooden
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From this reading The verandah and porch, the wooden columns and cane trellis-work of which had been covered by luxuriant masses of lemon-water flowers and the ever blooming roses of Provence, had all disappeared; so had the white wooden walls and broad, green Venetian blinds.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The fleetest railway speed would have seemed slow to me as we hastened towards the scene of last night's outrage.
