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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 was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
abominably
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
age
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
all
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
belchings
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
bent
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
bishop's
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
bright
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
cable
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
carried
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
contrast
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
corrugated
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
countryside
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From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
crude
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
curve
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
cuttings
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
day
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From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
dear
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
designed
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
disregardful
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
down
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
electric
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
emphasized
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
end
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
England
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
fields
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
furtively
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
gaunt
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
hard
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
harsh
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
haste
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
heapings
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
hedges
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
hill
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
homes
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
hurried
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
imagination
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
iron
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
line
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
lived
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
made
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
mechanical
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
obtrusion
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
out
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
presences
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
probably
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
scarred
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From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
seem
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
smashing
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
smoke
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
some
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
south-west
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
spring
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
standards
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
straight
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From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
sunshine
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From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
tar
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The curve of the hill made them seem a little out of the straight, as if they hurried and bent forward furtively.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The countryside had never seemed so scarred to him as it did that day.
trees
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
unknown
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From this reading Across the fields a line of gaunt iron standards, abominably designed, carried an electric cable to some unknown end.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was probably the bright hard spring sunshine that emphasized the contrast between that dear England of hedges and homes and the south-west wind in which his imagination lived, and the crude presences of a mechanical age.
world
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From this reading Never before had the cuttings and heapings, the smashing down of trees, the obtrusion of corrugated iron and tar, the belchings of smoke and the haste, seemed so harsh and disregardful of all the bishop's world.
