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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 At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
air
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
alley-like
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
barely
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
builded
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
character
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
clear
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
clothing
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
cloudless
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
cluttered
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
Corners
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
country
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From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
crooked
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
discarded
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
disfigured
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
easy
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
eminence
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
entered
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
escort
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From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
full
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From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
further
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From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
gentle
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
grateful
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From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
hand
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
hastily
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
head
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From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
Hill's
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
houses
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
innermost
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
jammed
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
low
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
matter
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
meandering
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
more
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
narrow
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
noon
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
often
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
old
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
opportunity
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From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
other
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
passageways
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
physically
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
piles
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
POLLARD
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
RATTLESNAKE
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
refuse
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
rode
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
rusty
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
shacks
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
shaken
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From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
shoes
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
sky
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
spaces
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
squat
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
street
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
suggestion
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From this reading She had shaken her head at the suggestion of further escort.
sunlight
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From this reading Here, in the open country and in the full sunlight, she was grateful for the opportunity of being alone.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
thoroughfare
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
tight
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
tins
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
together
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
town
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
ugly
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
unlovely
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
unprepossessing
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
walls
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From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
Waverly
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
winding
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From this reading At the foot of a gentle eminence she entered the narrow, winding street of the town, a crooked little town physically both in the matter of this meandering alley-like thoroughfare and in the matter of the hastily builded, unprepossessing houses; a crooked town in its innermost character, it was easy to believe.
Winifred
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From this reading RATTLESNAKE POLLARD IT was barely noon, the air clear, the sky cloudless, when Winifred Waverly rode into Hill's Corners.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On either hand as she rode forward were low, squat, ugly shacks jammed tight together or with narrow passageways between their unlovely walls, these spaces more often than not cluttered and further disfigured by piles of rusty tins, old clothing and shoes and other discarded refuse.
