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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 harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
animation
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
apartments
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From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
armorial
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
bearingsplural nounUS /ˈberɪŋz/
directions used to locate a place, especially at sea
From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
beautiful
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
carriages
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
castle
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
cheerfulness
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
coming
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
costumes
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
crop
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
crowded
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
days
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
duke
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
exhibited
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
faces
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
forethought
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
forth
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
gathered
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
gaze
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
gliding
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From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
grooms
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
halls
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
happy
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
harvest
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
Horses
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
husbandman
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
inmates
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
light
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
liveries
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From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
magnificent
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From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
multiplied
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From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
numerous
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
offices
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
opened
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
passages
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From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
peasant
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
Pendennyss
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
promises
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
prudent
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
second
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
seen
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
Servants
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From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
shootingnounUS /ˈshooting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
sight
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
spacious
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
stables
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
sun
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
teemed
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
turning
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
vales
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
varied
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From this reading Horses, grooms, and carriages, with varied costumes and different armorial bearings, crowded its spacious stables and offices.
various
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From this reading Servants in various liveries were seen gliding through its magnificent apartments and multiplied passages.
verdure
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From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The harvest had been gathered, and the beautiful vales of Pendennyss were shooting forth a second crop of verdure.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
windows
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From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Its numerous windows were opened to the light of the sun, its halls teemed with the faces of its happy inmates.
wondering
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
year
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From this reading The husbandman was turning his prudent forethought to the promises of the coming year, while the castle itself exhibited to the gaze of the wondering peasant a sight of cheerfulness and animation which had not been seen in it since the days of the good duke.
