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Greene Ferne Farm
Greene Ferne Farm

Chapter I

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________________________________________________________________________ GREENE FERNE FARM, BY RICHARD JEFFERIES.
CHAPTER ONE.
"UP TO CHURCH."
"Fine growing marning, you."
"Ay, casualty weather, though."
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Greene Ferne Farm

Chapter I

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
________________________________________________________________________ GREENE FERNE FARM, BY RICHARD JEFFERIES.
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CHAPTER ONE.
Line 3
"UP TO CHURCH."
Line 4
"Fine growing marning, you."
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"Ay, casualty weather, though."

Learner Dictionary

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

Fine noun US /fine/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Fine growing marning, you."”

ONE pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “"Ay, casualty weather, though."”

All words in this reading · 19

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Ay

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From this reading "Ay, casualty weather, though."

BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ GREENE FERNE FARM, BY RICHARD JEFFERIES.

casualty

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From this reading "Ay, casualty weather, though."

CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

CHURCH

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From this reading "UP TO CHURCH."

FARM

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From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ GREENE FERNE FARM, BY RICHARD JEFFERIES.

FERNE

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FinenounUS /fine/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Fine growing marning, you."

GREENE

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From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ GREENE FERNE FARM, BY RICHARD JEFFERIES.

growing

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From this reading "Fine growing marning, you."

JEFFERIES

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From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ GREENE FERNE FARM, BY RICHARD JEFFERIES.

marning

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From this reading "Fine growing marning, you."

ONEpronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

RICHARD

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From this reading ________________________________________________________________________ GREENE FERNE FARM, BY RICHARD JEFFERIES.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading "Ay, casualty weather, though."

TOparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "UP TO CHURCH."

UP

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From this reading "UP TO CHURCH."

weather

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From this reading "Ay, casualty weather, though."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Fine growing marning, you."