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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 Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
apt
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
attract
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
bit
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
built
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
cabbages
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
come
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
displayed
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
dull
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
extreme
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
fashion
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
fence
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
front
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
full
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
garden
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
gardens
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
gave
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
group
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
haphazard
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
Hayes
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
houses
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
just
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
likely
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
lion's
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
little
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
lopped
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
meanly
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
means
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
melancholy
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
mercilessly
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
merely
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
MITCHELHURST
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From this reading "WELCOME TO MITCHELHURST PLACE."
most
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
Mr
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
Occasionally
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
part
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
PLACE
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From this reading "WELCOME TO MITCHELHURST PLACE."
poplars
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
resemblance
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
road
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
rows
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
said
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
set
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
shed
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
side
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
slight
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
stumps
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
tail
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
three
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
tip
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "WELCOME TO MITCHELHURST PLACE."
tree
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
tuft
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
two
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From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
unlucky
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From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
village
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
visitors
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From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mitchelhurst was, as Mr. Hayes had said, a dull little village, by no means likely to attract visitors.
WELCOME
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From this reading "WELCOME TO MITCHELHURST PLACE."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
wide
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From this reading It was merely a group of houses, for the most part meanly built, set in a haphazard fashion on either side of a wide road.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the poplars were apt to be mercilessly lopped, with just a tuft at the extreme tip, which gave each unlucky tree a slight resemblance to a lion's tail, and the gardens, if not full of cabbages, displayed melancholy rows of stumps where cabbages had been.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Occasionally a shed would come to the front, or two or three poplars, or a bit of garden fence.
