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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 And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
access
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
all
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
avenue
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
avenues
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
battered
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
beech
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
came
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
chestnut
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
circular
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
connected
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
cow
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
crossed
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
days
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
dilapidation
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
door
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
drive
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
east
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
entered
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
entrance
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
erection
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
four
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
front
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
garden
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
gates
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
gave
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
giving
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
gray
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
grazed
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
grim
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
Halcyone
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
Henry
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
high
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
house
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
irregular
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
La
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
lime
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
meadow
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
near
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
nobly
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
north
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
now
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
oak
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
old
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
only
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
overgrown
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
park
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
place
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
planned
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
pleasance
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
raised
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
ran
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
reach
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
Sarthe
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
seventh
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From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
south
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
Spanish
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
splendid
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
stages
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
stone
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
straight
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
summer
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From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
terraced
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
top
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From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
very
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
wall
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From this reading And four gates in different stages of dilapidation gave entrance through a broken wall of stone to a circular drive which connected all the avenues giving access to the house, a battered, irregular erection of gray stone.
west
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From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Halcyone struck straight across the park until she came to the beech avenue, near the top, which ran south.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The place had been nobly planned by that grim old La Sarthe who raised it in the days of seventh Henry.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It stood very high with its terraced garden in the center of four splendid avenues of oak, lime, beech and Spanish chestnut running east, west, north and south.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading To reach the splendid front door you entered from the oak avenue and crossed the pleasance, now only an overgrown meadow where the one cow grazed in the summer.
