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1800
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From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
abroad
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From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
boldly
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
Bury
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From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
Christianity
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
classes
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
conception
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
cross
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
dear
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From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
demarcation
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
English
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From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
enough
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
everywhere
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From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
faces
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
Famine
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
fixed
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
generation
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
ground
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
gulf
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
hand-in-hand
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
hated
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
higher
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
households
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From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
humbler
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
known
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From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
line
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
lower
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
meanly
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
men
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
Norton
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From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
present
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
prove
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
quiet
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From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
reached
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From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
rich
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
stalking
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
stay
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
succumbed
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
there
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
town
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From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
troubles
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From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
Tumult
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
upper
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From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
War
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From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay 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 year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The present generation can have no conception of what a terrible time that was--War, Famine, and Tumult stalking hand-in-hand, and no one to stay them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading These troubles, which were everywhere abroad, reached us even in our quiet town of Norton Bury.
wiser
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From this reading Neither had Christianity enough boldly to cross the line of demarcation, and prove, the humbler, that they were men,--the higher and wiser, that they were gentlemen.
year
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From this reading It was the year 1800, long known in English households as "the dear year."
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading For between the upper and lower classes there was a great gulf fixed; the rich ground the faces of the poor, the poor hated, yet meanly succumbed to, the rich.
