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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 On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
always
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From this reading The Denvilles were always passionately fond of field sports.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
assumed
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
Atlantic
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
attributed
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
away
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
called
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
Chateau
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
coast
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From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
corruption
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
covered
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
crag
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
d'Enville
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
D'Enville's
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
Denville's
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
Denvilles
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From this reading The Denvilles were always passionately fond of field sports.
events
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
excellent
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
fact
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
familiar
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
field
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From this reading The Denvilles were always passionately fond of field sports.
fond
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From this reading The Denvilles were always passionately fond of field sports.
French
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
great-grandfather
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
hamlets
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From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
heiress
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
hoarse
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
HOME
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From this reading MY HOME.
Ireland
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From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
Kemy
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
knowledge
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
language
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
lofty
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
many
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY HOME.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
obscurest
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From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
overlooking
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
passionately
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From this reading The Denvilles were always passionately fond of field sports.
peasantry
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
Phelim
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
Pilwiddle
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From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
pronunciation
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
ran
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
Shot
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
smallest
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From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
sports
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From this reading The Denvilles were always passionately fond of field sports.
St
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
stands
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
title
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
Tower
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From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
village
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From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
well
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From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Denvilles were always passionately fond of field sports.
western
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From this reading The little village of Pilwiddle is one of the smallest and obscurest hamlets on the western coast of Ireland.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To this fact my familiar knowledge and excellent pronunciation of the French language may be attributed, as well as many of the events which covered my after life.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On a lofty crag, overlooking the hoarse Atlantic, stands "Denville's Shot Tower"--a corruption by the peasantry of D'Enville's Chateau, so called from my great-grandfather, Phelim St. Kemy d'Enville, who assumed the name and title of a French heiress with whom he ran away.
