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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 pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
all
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From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
back
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
beech
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
bracken
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
carriage
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
church
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
Cicely
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
CLINTONS
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
corner
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
country
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
crowned
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
deep-grassed
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
familiar
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
father
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
gaieties
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
gentle
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
glad
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From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
go
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From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
going
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From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
gorse
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
green
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
hills
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
home
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
house
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The country in South Meadshire is worth looking at.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
KENCOTE
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
kept
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
large
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
lean
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
looking
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From this reading The country in South Meadshire is worth looking at.
Meadshire
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
mother
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
new
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
oak
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
old
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
particularly
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From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
past
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
pleasant-looking
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
railway
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
rather
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From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
returning
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
rich
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
rises
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
rivers
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
season's
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From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
small
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
sometimes
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
South
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From this reading The country in South Meadshire is worth looking at.
speak
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
stretches
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
There
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
very
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
wanted
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From this reading She had not wanted to go home particularly, but she was rather glad to be going home all the same.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
water-meadows
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
winding
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
window
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From this reading It was pleasant to lean back in a corner of the railway carriage and look at the rich Meadshire country, so familiar to her, running past the window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE CLINTONS OF KENCOTE Cicely was returning home with her father and mother after her short taste of the season's gaieties.
woods
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From this reading There are deep-grassed water-meadows, kept green by winding rivers; woods of beech and oak; stretches of gorse and bracken; no hills to speak of, but gentle rises, crowned sometimes by an old church, or a pleasant-looking house, neither very old nor very new, very large nor very small.
worth
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From this reading The country in South Meadshire is worth looking at.
