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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 A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
asking
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From this reading “Guvnor’s asking for you, Kellock,” he said.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
brush
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
buildings
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
caught
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
climbed
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
congeries
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coomb
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crowned
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
Dene
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
door
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
Evening
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
factory
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
fell
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Guvnor’s asking for you, Kellock,” he said.
foreman
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From this reading It was Mr. Trood, foreman of the works.
gate
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
Guvnor's
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From this reading “Guvnor’s asking for you, Kellock,” he said.
hair
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
hastened
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Guvnor’s asking for you, Kellock,” he said.
height
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
hills
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
house
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
huge
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
immense
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Mr. Trood, foreman of the works.
Kellock
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
MAGIC
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
main
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
man
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
Mill
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
Mr
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From this reading It was Mr. Trood, foreman of the works.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
only
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
Paper
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
PICTURES
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
pipe
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
quickly
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
reading
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
rooms
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
said
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From this reading “Guvnor’s asking for you, Kellock,” he said.
sat
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
set
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
slope
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
small
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From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A small house stood at the main gate of Dene Paper Mill, and at the door sat a man reading a paper and smoking his pipe.
Stopping
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
sun
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
sunshine
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
towered
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
Trood
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From this reading It was Mr. Trood, foreman of the works.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
up
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upper
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
upward
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
valley
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Mr. Trood, foreman of the works.
wash
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From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
western
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading MAGIC PICTURES Stopping only to wash his hands and brush his hair, Kellock left his rooms and hastened up the coomb, where towered immense congeries of buildings under the slope of the hills.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
windows
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From this reading Evening sunshine fell over the western height which crowned the valley, and still caught the upper windows of the factory; but the huge shadow quickly climbed upward as the sun set.
works
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From this reading It was Mr. Trood, foreman of the works.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Guvnor’s asking for you, Kellock,” he said.
