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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 Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
adequately
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
ant-hill
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From this reading This growing mountain is manufactured exactly like an ant-hill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
Bay
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
bays
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
bulk
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From this reading Out of this rises the isolated bulk of Vesuvius.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
Castellamare
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
consent
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
corner
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
covered
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
deep
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
described
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
direction
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
distance
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
essentially
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
exactly
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From this reading This growing mountain is manufactured exactly like an ant-hill.
forever
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
fourteen
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
fringed
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
gardens
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
general
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
growing
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From this reading This growing mountain is manufactured exactly like an ant-hill.
headlands
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
houses
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
islands
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
isolated
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From this reading Out of this rises the isolated bulk of Vesuvius.
keeping
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
left-hand
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
like
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From this reading This growing mountain is manufactured exactly like an ant-hill.
looking
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
manufactured
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From this reading This growing mountain is manufactured exactly like an ant-hill.
miles
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
mountain
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From this reading This growing mountain is manufactured exactly like an ant-hill.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
Naples
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
northeast
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
northwest
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
opening
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
Out
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From this reading Out of this rises the isolated bulk of Vesuvius.
outlying
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
painted
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
parallelogram
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
plain
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
rich
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
right-hand
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
rises
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From this reading Out of this rises the isolated bulk of Vesuvius.
seaward
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
shore
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
side
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
some
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
southwest
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
sung
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From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
towns
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
uneven
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
vast
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
very
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
Vesuvius
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From this reading Out of this rises the isolated bulk of Vesuvius.
westerly
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From this reading The northwest side of the bay, keeping a general westerly direction, is very uneven, with headlands, deep bays, and outlying islands.
white
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From this reading The northeast side of this, with Naples in the right-hand corner, looking seaward and Castellamare in the left-hand corner, at a distance of some fourteen miles, is a vast rich plain, fringed on the shore with towns, and covered with white houses and gardens.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Bay of Naples, painted and sung forever, but never adequately, must consent to be here described as essentially a parallelogram, with an opening towards the southwest.
