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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 Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
age
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
any
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They belong to the bygone days, they are linked with history.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
belong
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From this reading They belong to the bygone days, they are linked with history.
blackenedadjectiveUS /ˈblækənd/
made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
brows
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
buildings
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
bygone
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From this reading They belong to the bygone days, they are linked with history.
centuries
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From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
coaching-days
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
crabbed-looking
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
crumbling
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
days
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From this reading They belong to the bygone days, they are linked with history.
Donjon
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
Eat
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
erections
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
exist
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
face
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
forehead
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
hearths
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
highwaymen
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From this reading They make us think of the _Road_, of those days when highwaymen rode.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
history
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From this reading They belong to the bygone days, they are linked with history.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
imposing
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
indication
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
Inn
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
inns
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
knitting
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
like
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
linked
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From this reading They belong to the bygone days, they are linked with history.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They make us think of the _Road_, of those days when highwaymen rode.
man
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
Meat
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
Now
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
old
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From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
older
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From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
once
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From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
only
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
perhaps
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From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
plunged
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
rafters
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
Red
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
Road
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From this reading They make us think of the _Road_, of those days when highwaymen rode.
rode
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From this reading They make us think of the _Road_, of those days when highwaymen rode.
saw
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From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
seemingly
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
sign-board
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
smoke
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
soon
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From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They belong to the bygone days, they are linked with history.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They make us think of the _Road_, of those days when highwaymen rode.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They make us think of the _Road_, of those days when highwaymen rode.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
threshold
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
two
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From this reading I saw at once that the Donjon Inn was at least two centuries old—perhaps older.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
unpleasant
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They make us think of the _Road_, of those days when highwaymen rode.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They make us think of the _Road_, of those days when highwaymen rode.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “We Shall Have to Eat Red Meat—Now” The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths—these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
wrinkles
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From this reading Under its sign-board, over the threshold, a man with a crabbed-looking face was standing, seemingly plunged in unpleasant thought, if the wrinkles on his forehead and the knitting of his brows were any indication.
