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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 All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
absence
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
all
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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
Britons
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
Brown
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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
chase
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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
comfortable
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
craggy
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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
dry
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
early
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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
English
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
establishment
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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
eye
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
farm-house
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
fold
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
friend
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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
fury
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
garden
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
Give
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
haunts
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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
HimpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
house
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
looking
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
Loose
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
much
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
neatnesses
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
neglected
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
neighbourhood
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
new
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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
nightly
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
out
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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
pains
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
paltry
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
pitiless
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
pleasure
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
pour
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
pursue
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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
robber
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
rose
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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
rough
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
Seasons
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From this reading THOMSON'S Seasons.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
sportive
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
taken
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
then
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From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
THOMSON'S
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From this reading THOMSON'S Seasons.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
total
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
unearth'd
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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
vicinity
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From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
walked
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From this reading Brown rose early in the morning, and walked out to look at the establishment of his new friend.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All was rough and neglected in the neighbourhood of the house;--a paltry garden, no pains taken to make the vicinity dry or comfortable, and a total absence of all those little neatnesses which give the eye so much pleasure in looking at an English farm-house.
winding
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From this reading Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd, Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading --Give ye, Britons then Your sportive fury, pitiless to pour Loose on the nightly robber of the fold.
