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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 Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
belt
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
blocks
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
brown
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
chimneys
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
clayey
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
clouds
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
colour
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
crests
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
days
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
docks
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
dragging
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
Earth
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
Eastward
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
Eleven
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
estuary
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
Field
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
field's
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
flat
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
forlorn
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
form
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
fringe
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
furrowed
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
furrows
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
gleam
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
grey
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
Holderness
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
Humber
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
lands
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
level
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
lie
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
lies
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
like
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
line
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
marking
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
masts
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
miles
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
motion
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
neck
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
only
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
oppressed
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
past
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
pine-forest
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
raised
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
red
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
river
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
rolls
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
roofs
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
runs
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
sand
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
Scale
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
shore
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
shores
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
silt
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
sky
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
sluggishly
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From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
square
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
stretch
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
tall
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
there
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
turf
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
up
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From this reading Eleven miles from Scale a thin line of red roofs runs for a field's length up the shore, marking the neck of the estuary.
warehouses
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
water
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From this reading Field after field, they stretch, lands level as water, only raised above the river by a fringe of turf and a belt of silt and sand.
wharves
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From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the grey days come, water and earth and sky are one, and the river rolls sluggishly, as if shores and sky oppressed it, as if it took its motion from the dragging clouds.
widening
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From this reading Earth and water are of one form and of one colour, for, beyond the brown belt, the widening river lies like a brown furrowed field, with a clayey gleam on the crests of its furrows.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Eastward along the Humber, past the brown wharves and the great square blocks of the warehouses, past the tall chimneys and the docks with their thin pine-forest of masts, there lie the forlorn flat lands of Holderness.
