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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 Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
alder
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
all
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
ants
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
away
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From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
black
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
block
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From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
Bottoms
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From this reading “The Bottoms” succeeded to “Hell Row”.
brook
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
brookside
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From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
bulging
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From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
burrowing
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
Charles
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
circle
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
coal
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
colliers
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From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
corn-fields
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
cottages
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From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
countryside
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
donkeys
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
down
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
drawn
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
earth
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
few
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
fields
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From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
gin
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
gin-pits
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From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
Greenhill
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From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
Hell
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From this reading “The Bottoms” succeeded to “Hell Row”.
II
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
Lane
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From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
like
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
lived
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From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
making
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
meadows
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
mines
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
mounds
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
pits
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
places
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
plodded
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
queer
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
ran
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
round
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
Row
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From this reading “The Bottoms” succeeded to “Hell Row”.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
scarcely
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
small
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
soiled
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
some
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From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
succeeded
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From this reading “The Bottoms” succeeded to “Hell Row”.
surface
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
thatched
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From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The Bottoms” succeeded to “Hell Row”.
There
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From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The Bottoms” succeeded to “Hell Row”.
trees
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
two
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From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hell Row was a block of thatched, bulging cottages that stood by the brookside on Greenhill Lane.
wearily
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From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And all over the countryside were these same pits, some of which had been worked in the time of Charles II., the few colliers and the donkeys burrowing down like ants into the earth, making queer mounds and little black places among the corn-fields and the meadows.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was drawn to the surface by donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle round a gin.
worked
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From this reading There lived the colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away.
