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Storm in a Teacup
Storm in a Teacup

Chapter I

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Author of “Old Delabole,” “Brunel’s Tower,” etc.
Set up and electrotyped.
Published October, 1919.
How musical are the place names on the tidal water of Dart.
Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.
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Storm in a Teacup

Chapter I

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Author of “Old Delabole,” “Brunel’s Tower,” etc.
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Set up and electrotyped.
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Published October, 1919.
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How musical are the place names on the tidal water of Dart.
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Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.
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1919

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From this reading Published October, 1919.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Set up and electrotyped.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading How musical are the place names on the tidal water of Dart.

Author

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bells

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Brunel's

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chime

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Dart

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Delabole

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Dittisham

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Duncannon

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ear

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electrotyped

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etc

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Gabriel

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Greenway

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How

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From this reading How musical are the place names on the tidal water of Dart.

knows

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From this reading Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.

musical

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names

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native

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October

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From this reading Published October, 1919.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of “Old Delabole,” “Brunel’s Tower,” etc.

Old

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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

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place

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Published

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From this reading Published October, 1919.

Set

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Sharpham

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From this reading Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.

Stoke

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From this reading Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading How musical are the place names on the tidal water of Dart.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.

tidal

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From this reading How musical are the place names on the tidal water of Dart.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.

Tower

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From this reading Author of “Old Delabole,” “Brunel’s Tower,” etc.

Tuckenhay

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From this reading Tuckenhay and Greenway, Stoke Gabriel and Dittisham, Sharpham and Duncannon—a chime of bells to the native ear that knows them.

up

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From this reading Set up and electrotyped.

water

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