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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 the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
aimed
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
alight
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
ascents
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
Bathsheba's
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
bottom
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
Casterbridge
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
creeping
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
cut
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
cuts
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
district
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
duly
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
ear
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
end
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
erect
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
evening
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
farmer's
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
farmers
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
fashionable
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
gig
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
gig-gentry
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
held
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
highways
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
horse's
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
incline
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
lash
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
latter
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
light
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
listlessly
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
man
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
market
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
marketing
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
mile
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
month
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
occasionally
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
October
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
other
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
pervade
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
place
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
recreation
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
reins
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
returning
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
road
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
Saturday
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
seat
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
second
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
sitting
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
steep
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
suit
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
turnpike
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
undulating
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
unusually
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
up
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
usual
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
vehicle
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From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
walk
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From this reading In returning from market it is usual for the farmers and other gig-gentry to alight at the bottom and walk up.
walking
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One Saturday evening in the month of October Bathsheba’s vehicle was duly creeping up this incline.
Weatherbury
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From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
well-made
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the turnpike road, between Casterbridge and Weatherbury, and about a mile from the latter place, is one of those steep long ascents which pervade the highways of this undulating district.
whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
whip
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From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Though on foot, he held the reins and whip, and occasionally aimed light cuts at the horse’s ear with the end of the lash, as a recreation.
young
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From this reading She was sitting listlessly in the second seat of the gig, whilst walking beside her in farmer’s marketing suit of unusually fashionable cut was an erect, well-made young man.
