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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 In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
artistically
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
banks
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
brick
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From this reading It is one of the most charming of the many charming oases in the vast Saharah of brick and mortar.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And yet the fashionable world know nothing of it save by name.
character
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
charming
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From this reading It is one of the most charming of the many charming oases in the vast Saharah of brick and mortar.
covered
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
diversified
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
drips
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
exotic
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
fashionable
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From this reading And yet the fashionable world know nothing of it save by name.
ferns
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
flowers
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
giant
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
grass
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
groves
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
Hospitals
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From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is one of the most charming of the many charming oases in the vast Saharah of brick and mortar.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
KILLING
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From this reading KILLING NO MURDER.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet the fashionable world know nothing of it save by name.
laid
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
lakes
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
lawns
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
London
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From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
many
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From this reading It is one of the most charming of the many charming oases in the vast Saharah of brick and mortar.
mortar
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From this reading It is one of the most charming of the many charming oases in the vast Saharah of brick and mortar.
most
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
MURDER
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From this reading KILLING NO MURDER.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet the fashionable world know nothing of it save by name.
NOdeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading KILLING NO MURDER.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading And yet the fashionable world know nothing of it save by name.
oases
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From this reading It is one of the most charming of the many charming oases in the vast Saharah of brick and mortar.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
out
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
Park
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From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
rockeries
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
Saharah
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From this reading It is one of the most charming of the many charming oases in the vast Saharah of brick and mortar.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading And yet the fashionable world know nothing of it save by name.
shady
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
sloping
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
soft
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
there
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From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
trees
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
vast
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From this reading It is one of the most charming of the many charming oases in the vast Saharah of brick and mortar.
Very
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
vicinity
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From this reading In the vicinity of one of our great London Hospitals, there is a pleasant Park.
water
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
winding
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From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Very diversified in its character: laid out most artistically in shady groves, sloping lawns of soft grass, retired rockeries where water drips among giant ferns, and lakes winding in and out between banks covered with fine trees and exotic flowers.
world
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From this reading And yet the fashionable world know nothing of it save by name.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet the fashionable world know nothing of it save by name.
