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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 Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
actually
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From this reading How otherwise, when the sun actually shone on the ponds?
all
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
blossom
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From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
blown
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From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
ceasing
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From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
chimneys
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From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
days
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From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
Derek
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From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
effort
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
embalmed
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
engines
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
especially
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
fever
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
game
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From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
Hampstead
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
horses
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
How
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From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
increase
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
indeed
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
lived
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From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
London
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From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
make-believe
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From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
maximum
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From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
nature
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
other
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From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
otherwise
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From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
outer
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
painters
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From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
people
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
poets
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From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
ponds
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From this reading How otherwise, when the sun actually shone on the ponds?
rampart
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
said
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From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
shone
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From this reading How otherwise, when the sun actually shone on the ponds?
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
smoke
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spring
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
sun
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From this reading How otherwise, when the sun actually shone on the ponds?
talkers
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From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
there
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
touch
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From this reading Even on this outer rampart of Hampstead, people, engines, horses, all had a touch of the spring fever; indeed, especially on this rampart of Hampstead was there increase of the effort to believe that nature was not dead and embalmed in books.
trees
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From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
up
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From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
veritably
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From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading How could it be otherwise, when there was veritably blossom on the trees and the chimneys were ceasing to smoke?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The London which Derek had said should be blown up was at its maximum of life those May days.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The poets, painters, talkers who lived up there were at each other all the time in their great game of make-believe.
