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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 For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
any
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From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
arch
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
became
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
bomb
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
buildings
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
came
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
city
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
Contrary
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From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
covering
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
crumbling
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
deeper
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
district
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
entered
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
evidences
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
expectations
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From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
faces
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
fallen
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
fellows
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
formed
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
frequent
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
gashes
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
grass-grown
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
hillocks
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
indication
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From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
ivy
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
laired
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From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
lions
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From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
London
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From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
manl's
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
mellowed
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
mile
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
more
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
mounds
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
numbers
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From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
occupancy
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
once
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
only
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
past
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From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
presently
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
raised
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
rents
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
revealing
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
riot
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
ruins
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
sad
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
scarred
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
sentinels
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
sepulchers
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
shattered
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
shrapnel
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
small
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
Softened
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
sorrow
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From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
stately
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
there
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Softened and mellowed by ancient ivy stood these sentinels of sorrow, their scarred faces still revealing the rents and gashes of shrapnel and of bomb.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Contrary to our expectations, we found little indication that lions in any great numbers laired in this part of ancient London.
tops
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
trees
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
undergrowth
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
walls
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From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
weeds
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From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading As we entered deeper into what had once been the city, the evidences of manl’s past occupancy became more frequent.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But presently we came upon a district where shattered walls still raised their crumbling tops in sad silence above the grass-grown sepulchers of their fallen fellows.
