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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 It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
acres
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
approaches
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From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
architecture
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
authorities
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
back
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
Bess
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
building
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
carriage
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From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
certainly
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From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
Childerbridge
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From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
competent
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
considerable
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
County
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From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
dates
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
declared
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
drive
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From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
elevation
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
example
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
excellent
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
extreme
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
finely-timbered
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
finest
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From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
gallery
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
hall
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
house
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
hundred
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
imposing
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From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
interior
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
large
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From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
leading
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
Manor
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From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
mansions
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From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
massive
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
Midlandshire
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From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
most
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From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
music
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
oak
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
panelled
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
park
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
period
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
picturesque
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
presents
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From this reading It is large, and presents a most imposing appearance as one approaches it by the carriage drive.
Queen
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
reign
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From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
rises
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
square
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
staircase
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
stands
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The building itself dates back to the reign of Good Queen Bess, and is declared by competent authorities to be an excellent example of the architecture of that period.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Childerbridge Manor is certainly one of the finest mansions in the County of Midlandshire.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
two
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From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It stands in a finely-timbered park of about two hundred acres, which rises behind the house to a considerable elevation.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
wood
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From this reading The interior is picturesque in the extreme; the hall is large and square, panelled with oak, and having a massive staircase of the same wood leading from it to a music gallery above.
