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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 The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
abominate
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From this reading Now, I abominate railroads and I loathe ships.
ache
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now, I abominate railroads and I loathe ships.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
Athens
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
backward
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
book
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From this reading The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
car-smoke
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
detest
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
drawn
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
enjoy
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From this reading The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
eyes
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
face
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
fascination
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
find
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
gentleness
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
gulf
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From this reading The mountains are not so high as to startle, the gulf not so vast as to shock.
heart
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
high
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From this reading The mountains are not so high as to startle, the gulf not so vast as to shock.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now, I abominate railroads and I loathe ships.
ill
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
loathe
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From this reading Now, I abominate railroads and I loathe ships.
makes
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
month
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
more
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
mountains
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From this reading The mountains are not so high as to startle, the gulf not so vast as to shock.
much
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
net
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The mountains are not so high as to startle, the gulf not so vast as to shock.
Now
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From this reading Now, I abominate railroads and I loathe ships.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
only
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From this reading The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
Patras
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
physical
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
positive
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
railroads
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From this reading Now, I abominate railroads and I loathe ships.
really
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From this reading The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
ride
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
road
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
rocking-chair
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From this reading The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
ships
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From this reading Now, I abominate railroads and I loathe ships.
shock
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From this reading The mountains are not so high as to startle, the gulf not so vast as to shock.
smell
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The mountains are not so high as to startle, the gulf not so vast as to shock.
soot
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
spotted
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
startle
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From this reading The mountains are not so high as to startle, the gulf not so vast as to shock.
tears
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
there
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
things
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From this reading The only things I really enjoy are a rocking-chair and a book.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
travel
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
vast
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From this reading The mountains are not so high as to startle, the gulf not so vast as to shock.
well
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From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
willingly
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
year
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From this reading But much as I detest the smell of car-smoke, and to find my face spotted with soot, and ill as it makes me to ride backward, I would willingly travel every month of the year over the road from Athens to Patras.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But with gentleness you are drawn more and more into the net of its fascination until the tears well to your eyes and there is a positive physical ache in your heart.
