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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 SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
abroad
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
almost
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From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
April
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
Arcade
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From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
bright
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
Charing
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From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
city
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From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
congested
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From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
Cross
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From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
emerged
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
exploring
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From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
familiarity
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
felt
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From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
Fields
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
Gaiety
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From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
Gone
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From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
Hughie
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
Inn
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
landmarks
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From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
Like
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
Lincoln's
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
living
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From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
London
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
Lowther
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From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
made
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
men
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
Messrs
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
mingled
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
moment
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From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
most
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
neighbourhood
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From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
new
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From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
oddly
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
offices
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
old
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From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
ORDERS
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
SEALEDadjectiveUS /siːld/
closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
sensation
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
Slocum
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
Solicitors
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
Spink
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
Strand
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From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
strangeness
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
streets
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
stretch
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From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SEALED ORDERS On a bright morning in April Hughie emerged from the offices of Messrs. Slocum, Spink, and Slocum, Solicitors, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, and made for the Strand.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
trod
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From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
unrecognisable
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From this reading The Strand itself, save for the old congested stretch in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross, was almost unrecognisable.
various
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From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Like most men who have been abroad for a long time, he trod the streets of London with an oddly mingled sensation of familiarity and strangeness.
years
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From this reading At one moment he felt that he had been living in London for years, at another he felt that he was exploring a new city.
youth
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From this reading Gone for ever were the various landmarks of his youth, such as the Old Gaiety and the Lowther Arcade.
