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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 The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
also
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
altering
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The gardens at Wrayth were famous.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
beauty
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
Brown
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
Capability
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
care
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
century
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
chance
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
Dutch-clipped
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
eighteenth
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
endless
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
English
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
escaped
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
famous
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From this reading The gardens at Wrayth were famous.
fancies
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
fresh
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
gardens
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From this reading The gardens at Wrayth were famous.
generations
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
ground
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
hand
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
happy
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
human
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
instead
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
intact
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
Italian
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
loving
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
mistresses
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
monument
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
natural
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
nature
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
owners
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
parterre
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
position
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
predecessor
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
pulling
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
rose-garden
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
skill
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
some
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From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
successive
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The gardens at Wrayth were famous.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had also in the eighteenth century by some happy chance escaped the hand of Capability Brown.
Thus
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
trained
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From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
used
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From this reading And instead of pulling about and altering the taste of the predecessor the successive owners had used fresh ground for their fancies.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The gardens at Wrayth were famous.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The natural beauty of their position and the endless care of generations of loving mistresses had left them a monument of what nature can be trained into by human skill.
William-and-Mary's
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
Wrayth
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From this reading The gardens at Wrayth were famous.
yews
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From this reading Thus the English rose-garden and the Dutch-clipped yews of William-and-Mary's time were as intact as the Italian parterre.
