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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 Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
All
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
ascending
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beautiful
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
black
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
boys
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
came
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
colors
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
copper
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
crumbled
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
day
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
deep
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
donkeys
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
earth
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
easily
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
examined
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
fearfully
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
fragments
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
gorse
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
harebell
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
Havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
heaps
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
heathnounUS /hiːθ/
open uncultivated land covered with low plants
From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
hill
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
hoisting
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
hot
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
just
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
looking
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
matters
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
meet
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
meeting
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
miners
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
mines
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
more
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
mounted
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
much
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
now
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
ore
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
parties
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
protection
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
sale
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
selecting
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
sensible
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
shaft
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
shafts
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
sides
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
slightest
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
specimens
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
spot
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
stone
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
sufficiently
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
summit
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
there
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
two
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
valuable
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
very
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
village
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
visitors
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
walk
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
walked
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
washing
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From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
way
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From this reading Having examined these matters sufficiently, we descended the hill towards the village, meeting parties of visitors, mounted on donkeys, which is a much more sensible way of ascending in a hot day than to walk.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
well-holes
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From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The miners were not now hoisting ore from the shaft, but were washing and selecting the valuable fragments from great heaps of crumbled stone and earth.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading All about this spot there are shafts and well-holes, looking fearfully deep and black, and without the slightest protection, so that we might just as easily have walked into them as not.
worked
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From this reading We went to one of the mines which are still worked, and boys came running to meet us with specimens of the copper ore for sale.
yellow
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From this reading On the sides and summit of the hill we found yellow gorse,--heath of two colors, I think, and very beautiful,--and here and there a harebell.
