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The House of Whispers
The House of Whispers

Chapter XXIV

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SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.
Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.
With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.
As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.
The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The House of Whispers

Chapter XXIV

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.
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Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.
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With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.
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As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.
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The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Ancient adjective US /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading “SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.”

Appearance noun US /ˈappearance/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.”

Beneath preposition US /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading “Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.”

Half noun US /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.”

Prosperous adjective US /ˈprɑspərəs/

successful and without serious problems

From this reading “With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.”

Quite noun US /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.”

Several noun US /ˈseveral/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.”

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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 With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

agriculture

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From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

all

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

ancestral

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

Apethorpe

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

away

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

barn

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

better

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

bore

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From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

brown

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

consisted

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

cottages

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

decay

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

depreciation

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From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

depressing

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From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

dormer

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

Earls

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

entered

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

EXILE

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

eye

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

fallen

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

Fotheringhay

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

full

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

GABRIELLE

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

halfnounUS /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

historic

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

holes

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

house

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

houses

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

ill-kept

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From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

inns

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From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

lay

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

less

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

Like

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

many

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

met

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

Midway

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

more

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

moss-grown

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

mullioned

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

Northamptonshire

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

now

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From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

object

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

old

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

once

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From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

other

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

paving

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From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

peeping

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

place

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From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

poverty

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From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

poverty-stricken

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

prosperousadjectiveUS /ˈprɑspərəs/

successful and without serious problems

From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

quitenounUS /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

rather

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

roof

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

ruined

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

seat

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

several

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From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

shabby

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From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

SHOWS

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

stages

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

stone

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

straggling

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

stranger

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From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

street

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

struggles

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From this reading The paving was ill-kept, and even the several inns bore an appearance of struggles with poverty.

terribly

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From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading As he entered the village, the first object that met the eye of the stranger was a barn with the roof half fallen away, and next it a ruined house with its moss-grown thatch full of holes.

thatch

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

village

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

villages

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading With the depreciation in agriculture, Woodnewton, once quite a prosperous little place, was now terribly shabby and depressing.

Westmorland

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.

windows

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From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Like many other Northamptonshire villages, it consisted of one long street of cottages, many of them with dormer windows peeping from beneath the brown thatch, the better houses of stone, with old mullioned windows, but all of them more or less in stages of decay.

Woodnewton

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From this reading SHOWS GABRIELLE IN EXILE Midway between historic Fotheringhay and ancient Apethorpe, the ancestral seat of the Earls of Westmorland, lay the long, straggling, and rather poverty-stricken village of Woodnewton.