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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 "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The latter gazed about the glittering rooms, astonished.
accompanied
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From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
arms
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From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
arrived
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From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
Ashton-Kirk
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From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading The latter gazed about the glittering rooms, astonished.
BALL
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
building
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
carriages
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
comedy
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
directed
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
eleven
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From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
EMBASSY
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
ensemble
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
Fuller
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From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
gazed
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From this reading The latter gazed about the glittering rooms, astonished.
GERMAN
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
gleamed
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From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
glittering
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From this reading The latter gazed about the glittering rooms, astonished.
gowns
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From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
I'm
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
kept
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
latter
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From this reading The latter gazed about the glittering rooms, astonished.
lights
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
lines
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
magnificent
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From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
many
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From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
masked
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
masks
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
most
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
motor-cars
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
musical
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
number
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
o'clock
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From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
perhaps
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From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
police
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
resembles
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
rooms
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From this reading The latter gazed about the glittering rooms, astonished.
said
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From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
saw
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
shone
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From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
shoulders
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From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
space
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
sparkled
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
street
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
thronged
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
traffic
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was perhaps eleven o'clock when Ashton-Kirk, accompanied by Fuller, arrived.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
windows
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From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL The street before the German Embassy was thronged with motor-cars and carriages; the windows sparkled with lights; lines of police sharply directed traffic and saw to it that the space before the building was kept open.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "I'm not sure which it most resembles," he said, "a masked ball without the masks, or an ensemble number in a musical comedy."
women
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From this reading The women were magnificent; their gowns shone, their shoulders and arms gleamed under the many lights.
