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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 WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Smith was a buxom, good-looking widow, and she knew it.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
Australian
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
away
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
BARKIS
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
Belmont
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
bush
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
buxom
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From this reading Mrs. Smith was a buxom, good-looking widow, and she knew it.
confine
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
door
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
especially
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
five
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
fond
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
freehold
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
frequently
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
good
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
good-looking
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From this reading Mrs. Smith was a buxom, good-looking widow, and she knew it.
great
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
happened
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
house
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Smith was a buxom, good-looking widow, and she knew it.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
kept
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
knew
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From this reading Mrs. Smith was a buxom, good-looking widow, and she knew it.
land
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
large
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
life
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
little
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
lived
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
lives
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
mile
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
miles
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
Mrs
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
nearest
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
neighbour
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
next
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
nice
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
noted
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
Now
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
number
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
off
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
ORconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
other
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
paddock
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
particular
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
patch
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
patches
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
people's
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
PIG
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
pigs
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
placed
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
plague
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
preferred
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
pride
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
quality
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
quarter
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
Rebecca
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
roaming
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Smith was a buxom, good-looking widow, and she knew it.
size
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
Smith
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
SMITH'S
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
stye
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
there
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
thoughtnounUS /ˈthought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
time
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
took
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From this reading Now there was one pig in particular that she took a great pride in, though, at the same time, it was the plague of her life.
vegetable
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
very
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From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
weatherboard
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
well-kept
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From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
WIDOW
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
WILLIN
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From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had a good weatherboard house and a large patch of freehold land, with a nice well-kept vegetable patch, and she kept a good number of pigs, which were noted for their size and quality.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was very fond of roaming, and would not confine itself to the large paddock where the stye was placed, but preferred other people’s patches, especially if they happened to be vegetable patches.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WIDOW SMITH’S PIG OR “BARKIS IS WILLIN’” AT Belmont, our next door neighbour, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, lived a quarter of a mile away, but this was thought little of in the Australian bush, where, frequently, your nearest neighbour lives five miles off.
