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From London to Land's End
From London to Land's End

Chapter I

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FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.
BY DANIEL DEFOE.
_Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
1888.
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From London to Land's End

Chapter I

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.
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BY DANIEL DEFOE.
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_Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."
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CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.
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1888.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Gentleman noun US /ˈgentleman/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

Journey noun US /ˈjourney/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “_Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."”

All words in this reading · 24

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1888

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From this reading 1888.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."

BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading BY DANIEL DEFOE.

CASSELL

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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.

COMPANY

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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.

DANIEL

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From this reading BY DANIEL DEFOE.

DEFOE

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From this reading BY DANIEL DEFOE.

END

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From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.

England

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From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."

FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.

GentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."

JourneynounUS /ˈjourney/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."

LAND'S

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From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.

Letters

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From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."

LIMITED

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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.

LONDON

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From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.

MELBOURNE

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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.

NEW

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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.

PARIS

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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."

TOparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading FROM LONDON TO LAND'S END.

Two

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From this reading _Two Letters from the_ "_Journey through England by a Gentleman_."

YORK

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From this reading CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE.