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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 Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
all
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
apples
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
barns
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
Clara
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From this reading Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
colours
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
DARKNESS
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From this reading LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS.
entered
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From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
fruit
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From this reading It was the height of the fruit season.
fruit-barns
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From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
great
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
heaps
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
height
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From this reading It was the height of the fruit season.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
inn
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From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the height of the fruit season.
LIGHT
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From this reading LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS.
lined
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
occupied
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From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS.
OUT
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From this reading LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS.
parents
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From this reading Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
part
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
partly
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From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
pears
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
rose
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
season
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From this reading It was the height of the fruit season.
sizes
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
stopping
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From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
straw
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From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
town
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From this reading Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The barns and part of the yard were lined with straw upon which rose great heaps of apples and pears of all sizes and colours.
vast
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From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.
White-Russian
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From this reading Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Clara was with her parents in a White-Russian town.
yard
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From this reading The inn at which they were stopping was entered through a vast yard, partly occupied by fruit-barns.