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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 great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The morning was clear and frosty.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading LIFE AT THE HALL.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
betimes
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
break
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
breakfast
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
broad
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
call
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
came
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
clear
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From this reading The morning was clear and frosty.
clothed
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
clumps
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
deal
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
dress
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
farm-houses
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
frosty
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From this reading The morning was clear and frosty.
gazing
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
ground
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
gypsies
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
HALL
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From this reading LIFE AT THE HALL.
hardly
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
high
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
hillside
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
house
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
inhabited
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
JENNY
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
land
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
lawless
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LIFE AT THE HALL.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
more
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
occupied
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
only
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
other
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
out
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
pasture
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
people
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
picture
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
plains
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
projecting
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
said
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
spread
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
steep
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LIFE AT THE HALL.
there
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
unclaimed
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
very
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
view
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
villages
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The morning was clear and frosty.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
wild
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From this reading A great deal of the land was pasture and still more was unclaimed waste, inhabited only by gypsies and other wild and lawless people.
window
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From this reading JENNY came to call us betimes in the morning, but we could hardly dress in time for breakfast, so occupied were we in gazing from our projecting window at the great picture spread out before us.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
wood
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From this reading The house, as I have said, stood very high on the hillside, and the ground was so steep that there was nothing to break the view over the broad plains, clothed here and there with little villages, farm-houses, and clumps of wood.
