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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 The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
all
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
alluvial
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
ALONGprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
Antony
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It may be remarked, _en passant_, that the fellahin are the farmers of Egypt.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
berthnounUS /bɜrθ/
a job or position on a ship
From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
business
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
came
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
Cheops
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From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
cities
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
civilisation
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
Cleopatra
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
clumsyadjectiveUS /ˈklʌmzi/
awkward in movement or handling things
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
CREATURES
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
down
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
Egypt
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From this reading It may be remarked, _en passant_, that the fellahin are the farmers of Egypt.
Egyptian
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
en
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From this reading It may be remarked, _en passant_, that the fellahin are the farmers of Egypt.
exactly
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From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
farmers
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From this reading It may be remarked, _en passant_, that the fellahin are the farmers of Egypt.
fellahin
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
FLY
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
got
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
hut
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From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It may be remarked, _en passant_, that the fellahin are the farmers of Egypt.
kind
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
larger
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
lift
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From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
live
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From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
LIVING
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
lower
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From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
Marc
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It may be remarked, _en passant_, that the fellahin are the farmers of Egypt.
MOHAMMEDAN
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
mud
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From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
NILE
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
OTHER
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
passant
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From this reading It may be remarked, _en passant_, that the fellahin are the farmers of Egypt.
plough
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
Pyramids
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From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
remarked
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From this reading It may be remarked, _en passant_, that the fellahin are the farmers of Egypt.
rich
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
Rome
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
scratch
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
size
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From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
snarled
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
snug
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From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
soil
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
stationary
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
supposed
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From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
sweep
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From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MOHAMMEDAN FLY AND OTHER CREATURES LIVING ALONG THE NILE Egyptian civilisation is supposed to be stationary, except in the larger cities.
trip
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
type
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From this reading They live in the same type of snug mud hut--about the size of a lower berth.
up
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
used
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
vogue
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From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
water
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From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
wooden
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From this reading The fellahin scratch the rich alluvial soil with the same kind of clumsy wooden plough that was used when Marc Antony came down from Rome on a business trip and got all snarled up with Cleopatra.
work
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From this reading They lift the water from the Nile by exactly the same wooden sweep that was in vogue when Cheops began work on the Pyramids.
