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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 bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
all
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
any
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
barges
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
beginning
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
bicycle
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
caparisoned
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
chariots
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curiosity
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
day
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
doubt
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
early
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
emblazoned
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
exhilaration
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From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
exquisite
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
far
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
felt
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From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
figure
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From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
Gascoynes
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
got
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
great
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
half-dozen
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
Hammerton
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
Hampshire
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
home
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
horses
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
impelled
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
important
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
jarring
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
June
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
level
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From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
little
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
London
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
luxurious
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
made
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
magnificent
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
morning
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
most
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
never
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
note
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
only
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From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
out
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
places
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
probably
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
prototypes
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
road
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From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
rode
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
Roman
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From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
romantic
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
see
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
seen
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
sight
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From this reading As I rode along the level Roman road, the only figure in sight, I felt a great exhilaration.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
strikes
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
struck
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From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
telling
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From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One day it struck me that I had never seen Hammerton, the magnificent Hampshire home of the Gascoynes.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
title
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
up
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From this reading I made up my mind to see them all, beginning with Hammerton; and so, one exquisite day in June, I got on my bicycle early in the morning and rode out of London.
visit
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
went
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The bicycle probably strikes a jarring note in the telling, but I have no doubt that their emblazoned chariots, caparisoned horses, and luxurious barges, were to my great prototypes as little romantic.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
wondered
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From this reading It was the most important of the half-dozen places that went with the title, and I wondered that so far curiosity had not impelled me to visit any of them.
