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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 overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
all
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
architectural
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
balconies
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
beholding
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
Club
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
dining-room
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From this reading The time was early summer, and therefore the summer dining-room of the Spatts was in use.
early
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From this reading The time was early summer, and therefore the summer dining-room of the Spatts was in use.
earth
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
embrace
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
expanse
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
eye
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
fourteen
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
Frinton
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
garden
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
grounds
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
height
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
heterogeneous
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
house
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From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
imposing
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From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
individual
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
large
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From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
made
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
member
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
merely
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
middle
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
new
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
nooks
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
once
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
overlooked
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
people
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
present
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
promised
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
quantity
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
remark
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
residence
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
sorely
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
SPATTS
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From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
Sports
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
summer
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From this reading The time was early summer, and therefore the summer dining-room of the Spatts was in use.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading The time was early summer, and therefore the summer dining-room of the Spatts was in use.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The time was early summer, and therefore the summer dining-room of the Spatts was in use.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
turrets
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
ultimately
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
unaided
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From this reading It had turrets, balconies, and architectural nooks in such quantity that the unaided individual eye could not embrace it all at once.
unfinished
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
use
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From this reading The time was early summer, and therefore the summer dining-room of the Spatts was in use.
variegated
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From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
wants
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From this reading It overlooked, from a height, the grounds of the Frinton Sports Club, and a new member of this club, upon first beholding the residence, had made the immortal remark: "It wants at least fourteen people to look at it."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SPATTS The house of the Spatts was large, imposing and variegated.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
wounded
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From this reading The house stood in the middle of an unfinished garden, which promised ultimately to be as heterogeneous as itself, but which at present was merely an expanse of sorely wounded earth.
