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agricultural
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
appeared
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From this reading Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.
approaching
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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
become
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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
boast
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
breakfast
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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
cost
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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
county
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
discouraging
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discuss
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enough
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estate
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
EVERYWHERE
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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
food
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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
gardens
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
harvest
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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
hop
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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
hop-growing
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
influx
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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
lean
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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
London
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most
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
neglect
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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
past
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
Penzance
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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
pickers
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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
prolific
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
reputation
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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
revenue
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
ROADSIDE
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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
scant
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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
source
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
subject
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From this reading Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
talk
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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
things
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From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
times
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading BY THE ROADSIDE EVERYWHERE His breakfast and the talk over it with Penzance seemed good things.
wonder
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From this reading The great hop gardens of the estate had been in times past its most prolific source of agricultural revenue and the boast and wonder of the hop-growing county.
worth
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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
yearly
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From this reading It suddenly had become worth while to discuss the approaching hop harvest and the yearly influx of the hop pickers from London.
years
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From this reading The neglect and scant food of the lean years had cost them their reputation.
Yesterday
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From this reading Yesterday the subject had appeared discouraging enough.
