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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
Aero
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
Air
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From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
appeared
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
ascent
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
balloons
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
bigger
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
bladders
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
blamednounUS /blamed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
Bun
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
Club's
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
clustering
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “You'd hardly think it could keep on,” said Mr. Tom Smallways.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
end
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
England
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
eye
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
fence
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
flapped
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
garden
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
gas-works
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
gasometers
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
grew
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
hardly
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From this reading “You'd hardly think it could keep on,” said Mr. Tom Smallways.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
Hill
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
inflation
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
keep
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From this reading “You'd hardly think it could keep on,” said Mr. Tom Smallways.
keeps
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From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
made
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From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
Mr
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From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
praised
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
Progress
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From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
remark
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From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
rolled
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
rounder
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
said
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From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
Saturday-afternoon
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
shapes
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
sitting
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
Smallways
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From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
South
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
surveying
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From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You'd hardly think it could keep on,” said Mr. Tom Smallways.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
three
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
Tom
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From this reading “This here Progress,” said Mr. Tom Smallways, “it keeps on.”
unfamiliar
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
wallowing
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From this reading Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder--balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.
War
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From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was long before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed.
You'd
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From this reading “You'd hardly think it could keep on,” said Mr. Tom Smallways.
