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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 In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
all
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
almost
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
ardent
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From this reading Crawford had grown younger in the ardent life he had been leading.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
Blair
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
built
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From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
character
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
clachans
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
clan
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
coal
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From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
Crawford
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
departure
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
edge
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
extreme
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
Farquharson
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From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
furnaces
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From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
gone
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
grown
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From this reading Crawford had grown younger in the ardent life he had been leading.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
iron
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From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
land
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
leading
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From this reading Crawford had grown younger in the ardent life he had been leading.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crawford had grown younger in the ardent life he had been leading.
lost
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
mouth
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From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
old
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
opened
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From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
ore
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From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
pastoral
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
pig
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From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
pitnounUS /pɪt/
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading The coal pit had been opened, and great iron furnaces built almost at its mouth.
proved
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
rich
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
satisfied
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
seam
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
smelted
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From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
Things
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
traces
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
Traquare
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
unusually
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
well
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From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Farquharson had struck hands with him over it, and the Blair iron ore went to the Crawford furnaces to be smelted into pig iron.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Things had gone well with Crawford; the seam had proved to be unusually rich; and, though the iron had been found, not on his land, but on the extreme edge of Blair, he was quite satisfied.
year
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From this reading In a year after the departure of the clan, the clachans of Crawford and Traquare had lost almost all traces of their old pastoral character.
younger
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From this reading Crawford had grown younger in the ardent life he had been leading.
