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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 municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
apparent
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
Armada
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
Asker
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
battleship
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
borough
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
break
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
Bridport
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
Brit
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
broad
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
busy
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
cables
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
cablets
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
canvas
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
child
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
cords
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
east
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
enough
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
Evidences
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
falls
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
famous
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
fleet
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
hawsers
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
hill
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
hold
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
immediately
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
industry
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
land
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
local
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
luxuriously
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
meet
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
meets
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
mills
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
municipal
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
nets
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
red-tiled
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
rigged
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
rivers
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
roofs
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
ropes
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
scattered
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
sea
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
shoulder
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
single
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
slopes
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
Southward
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
Spanish
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
stand
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
steam
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
streamers
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
stretches
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
strong
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From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
there
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
twines
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
water-meadows
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From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
west
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
westwardadverbUS /ˈwɛstwərd/
toward the west
From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Southward the land slopes to broad water-meadows where rivers meet and Brit and Asker wind to the sea.
wisps
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
wooded
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From this reading The municipal borough of Bridport stretches itself luxuriously from east to west beneath a wooded hill.
work
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From this reading Evidences of the great local industry are not immediately apparent; but streamers and wisps of steam scattered above the red-tiled roofs tell of work, and westward, where the land falls, there stand shoulder to shoulder the busy mills.
world
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From this reading Her twines and cords and nets are famous the world over; her ropes, cables, cablets and canvas rigged the fleet that scattered the Spanish Armada.
yarnnounUS /jɑrn/
an informal story or conversation
From this reading From single yarn that a child could break, to hawsers strong enough to hold a battleship, Bridport meets every need.
