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act
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From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
bill
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
calamities
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
clamours
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From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
commodities
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From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
complained
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From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
deal
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From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
decay
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
declined
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
destructive
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From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
English
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From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
envious
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From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
eyes
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From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
find
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
give
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
got
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From this reading Have they got it?
happily
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have they got it?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
informed
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
instances
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From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Have they got it?
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
loom
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
lost
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From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
manufactory
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
northern
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From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
passing
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
possessed
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
produced
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From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
profitable
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From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
prosperity
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From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
reasonsnounUS /ˈreasons/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
rightly
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
subsisted
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
surely
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
towns
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
trade
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From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
true
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
try
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
undersold
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From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
unhappy
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At their instances the act was passed, and we lost our profitable northern trade.
weavers
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From this reading The repeated clamours of the English weavers produced this act, so destructive to themselves and us.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They looked with envious eyes upon our prosperity, and complained of being undersold by us in those commodities, which they themselves did not deal in.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
woollen
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From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading No, surely, you have found they have ever since declined in the trade they so happily possessed; you shall find (if I am rightly informed) towns without one loom in them, which subsisted entirely upon the woollen manufactory before the passing of this unhappy bill; and I will try if I can give the true reasons for the decay of their trade, and our calamities.
