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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 It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
any
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
away
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
by-ways
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
Candover
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
confluence
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
deserted
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
direction
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
Dorward
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From this reading The only other "gentleman" in Green Lanes was the vicar, Mr. Dorward, with whom Philip had quarreled.
downland
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
Elizabethan
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From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
family
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
Farm
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From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
farm-house
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From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
filled
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From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
four
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
Galton
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
gentleman
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From this reading The only other "gentleman" in Green Lanes was the vicar, Mr. Dorward, with whom Philip had quarreled.
Green
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
Hall
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
hamlet
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
hamlets
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
Hare
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
highest
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
highroad
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
Iredales
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
Lanes
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
large
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
lay
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
leading
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
lived
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From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
long
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
mansion
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
market
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
midway
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
miles
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
Mr
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From this reading The only other "gentleman" in Green Lanes was the vicar, Mr. Dorward, with whom Philip had quarreled.
Newton
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
Old
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From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
only
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From this reading The only other "gentleman" in Green Lanes was the vicar, Mr. Dorward, with whom Philip had quarreled.
other
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
Philip
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From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
quarreled
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From this reading The only other "gentleman" in Green Lanes was the vicar, Mr. Dorward, with whom Philip had quarreled.
quite
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
remote
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
rich
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
small
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
stockbroker
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
term
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
town
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
tumble-down
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
two
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
vicar
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From this reading The only other "gentleman" in Green Lanes was the vicar, Mr. Dorward, with whom Philip had quarreled.
village
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From this reading Green Lanes lay midway between the market town of Galton and the large village of Newton Candover.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The only other "gentleman" in Green Lanes was the vicar, Mr. Dorward, with whom Philip had quarreled.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Philip himself lived at The Old Farm, an Elizabethan farm-house which he had filled with books.
wooded
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From this reading It is a small, tumble-down hamlet remote from any highroad, the confluence of four deserted by-ways leading to other hamlets upon the wooded downland of which Green Lanes was the highest point.
years
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From this reading Hare Hall, the family mansion of the Iredales, was quite two miles away in the direction of Newton Candover and was let for a long term of years to a rich stockbroker.
