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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 Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
care
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From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
cause
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
chapters
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
coffins
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
compared
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
countries
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
deeper
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
doesn't
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From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
down
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
England
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
far
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
give
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
gone
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
happening
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
history
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
how
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
island
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
Italy
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
Kipling's
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
like
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
minute
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
money
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
much
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From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
noble
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
other
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
out
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
packed
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
Phoenicians
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
potently
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
realized
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
ruins
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From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
sardines
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
says
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From this reading She says they're so untidy.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
sight-seeing
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
snug
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She says they're so untidy.
strange
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
that's
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
there
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
they're
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From this reading She says they're so untidy.
things
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
threatened
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
tiny
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From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
travelled
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From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
twelve
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From this reading Its chapters of history have to be packed like sardines, beginning down, down, far deeper than Kipling's "twelve coffins."
untidy
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From this reading She says they're so untidy.
way
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From this reading She, by the way, doesn't much care for ruins.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet that's not strange, when you think how tiny England is, compared with other countries, and how things have gone on happening there every minute since the Phoenicians found it a snug little island.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You and I travelled till our money threatened to give out in the noble cause of sight-seeing, but I never realized history quite so potently even in Italy as I do in England.
