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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 Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
almshouse
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
beautiful
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
blue
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
border
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
came
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
carpenters
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
coloured
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
coquettish
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
dark
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
edifice
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
elegant
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
enticing
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
eye
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
flourish
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
gayest
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
genius
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
gladdened
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
Hazeldean's
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From this reading And Squire Hazeldean's eye was gladdened.
Hazeldeans
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
holes
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
justice
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
less
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
middle
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
monuments
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
more
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
ornamental
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
other
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
painter
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
pair
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
pales
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
parish
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
park
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
peace
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From this reading A more elegant, enticing, coquettish pair of stocks never gladdened the eye of a justice of the peace.
possessed
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
public
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
pump
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
rim
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
round
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
school
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
set
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
Squire
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From this reading And Squire Hazeldean's eye was gladdened.
squire's
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
stocks
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
taken
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
Then
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
three
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
village
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
Vitruvian
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
white
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From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
whole
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
wit
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From this reading It was the gayest public edifice in the whole village, though the village possessed no less than three other monuments of the Vitruvian genius of the Hazeldeans,--to wit, the almshouse, the school, and the parish pump.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then came the painter and coloured them a beautiful dark blue, with white border--and a white rim round the holes--with an ornamental flourish in the middle.
work
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From this reading The squire's carpenters were taken from the park pales and set to work at the parish stocks.
