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addition
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
all
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
amusing
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
animals
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
arabesques
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
ARMORER'S
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
arranged
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
beams
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading It had two stories, besides one in the roof.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
brick
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
broad
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
Central
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
corner
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
curious
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
du
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
extraordinary
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
figures
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
formed
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
front
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
great
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had two stories, besides one in the roof.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
hazard
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
HOUSE
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
located
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
Market
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
market-place
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
Martroi
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It had two stories, besides one in the roof.
Paris
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
Peuquoy's
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
Pierre
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
pillars
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
roof
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From this reading It had two stories, besides one in the roof.
Rue
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From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
seemed
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
seen
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
shapes
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
showed
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
sides
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
sorts
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
still
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
stone
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
stories
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From this reading It had two stories, besides one in the roof.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
supports
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
symmetrical
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
twisted
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
two
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From this reading It had two stories, besides one in the roof.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE ARMORER'S HOUSE Pierre Peuquoy's house was located at the corner of the Rue du Martroi and the market-place.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
windows
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From this reading In addition the supports of the windows and the great beams showed extraordinary figures of animals twisted into all sorts of amusing shapes.
wood
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From this reading On its front wood and brick and stone were arranged in curious arabesques which were symmetrical, though they seemed to have been formed at hazard.
wooden
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From this reading On both sides it stood upon broad wooden pillars, such as are still to be seen in the Central Market at Paris.
