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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 It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
accentuated
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From this reading Everywhere the glare accentuated this toneless melancholy.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
amuse
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
August
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
blight
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
breathless
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
brilliant
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
days
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
death
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From this reading Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death.
decadence
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
desiccated
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From this reading Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death.
dies
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
dust
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
dying
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
efflorescence
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
effort
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
Everywhere
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From this reading Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death.
exhaustion
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
feverish
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
following
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everywhere the glare accentuated this toneless melancholy.
green
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
grey
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
languor
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
lay
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death.
like
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
London
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
melancholy
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From this reading Everywhere the glare accentuated this toneless melancholy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
pallor
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
parks
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death.
season
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
Society
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
squares
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
streets
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
sultry
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From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
summer
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
sunlight
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
supreme
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
symbol
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From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
there
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From this reading Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Everywhere the glare accentuated this toneless melancholy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the symbol of the decadence following the brilliant efflorescence of the season, the exhaustion after that supreme effort of Society to amuse itself.
toneless
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From this reading Everywhere the glare accentuated this toneless melancholy.
torpor
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From this reading Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
week
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From this reading It was the third week in August; summer was dying, as a London summer dies, in days of feverish sunlight and breathless languor.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.
wornout
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From this reading Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death.
