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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 We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
all
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
back
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
broad
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From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
burning
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From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
came
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
city's
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From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
court
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From this reading Then we went out through the gloomy court into the street.
door
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From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
down
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From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
electric
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
feeling
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
fire
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From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
flickering
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
gates
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From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
gleam
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
gloomy
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From this reading Then we went out through the gloomy court into the street.
going
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From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
great
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From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
half-opened
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From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
Hell
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From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
Hobbs
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From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then we went out through the gloomy court into the street.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
left
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From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
lights
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
like
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From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Hobbs left her fire burning, and her door half-opened.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
night
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From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
old
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
out
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From this reading Then we went out through the gloomy court into the street.
played
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From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
Polly
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From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
saw
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
search
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From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
sin
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From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
street
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From this reading Then we went out through the gloomy court into the street.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
Then
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From this reading Then we went out through the gloomy court into the street.
thoroughfare
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From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
tragedy
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From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
unreality
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From this reading In the gleam of flickering electric lights, my old feeling of the unreality of all I saw came back to me.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The search for Polly was like going down through the open gates of Hell.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Then we went out through the gloomy court into the street.
went
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From this reading Then we went out through the gloomy court into the street.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We were in a broad thoroughfare, where night after night is played the tragedy of a great city’s sin.
