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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 RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
actual
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
bosom
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
Brendon
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
coombs
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
cultivated
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
Daniel
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
daring
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
Dartmoor's
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
dawned
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
day
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
desolation
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
Devon
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
driven
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From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
earth
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
easterly
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
eyes
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
farms
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
feature
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
fertile
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
flank
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
fledged
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
flowed
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
foothills
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
forests
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
fought
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
Ger
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
greatly
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
green
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
grey
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
hamlets
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
Hill
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
immediate
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
land
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
like
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From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
Moor's
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From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
new
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
north
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
north-western
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From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
northward
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
Only
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
opened
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
peninsulas
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
ramparts
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From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
reclaimed
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
rich
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
RUDDYFORD
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
shelter
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From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
sheltered
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
sloped
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
south
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
stony
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From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
surrounding
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
tableland
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
Tavy
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
there
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
thrust
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
tilth
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
Tor
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
up
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From this reading RUDDYFORD A feature of Devon are those cultivated peninsulas of land that thrust forward up the surrounding coombs and point into Dartmoor's bosom.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
upward
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From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
wedge
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From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
west
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Only northward was little immediate shelter; and upon the north Daniel Brendon opened his eyes when dawned the first day of his new life.
White
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading Ruddyford was driven like a wedge into that stony wilderness beneath the Moor's north-western ramparts.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The foothills of this great tableland are fledged with forests and rich with fertile earth; but here and there, greatly daring, the farms have fought upward and reclaimed a little of the actual desolation.
woods
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From this reading White Hill sheltered it from the west; the flank of Ger Tor sloped easterly; to the south flowed Tavy through fertile tilth, grey hamlets, and green woods.
