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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 The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
air
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
approaching
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
aware
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
bit
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From this reading “But then theer mostly _is_ a bit of a crowd round our town pump.”
boldly
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
bulbous
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
chance
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
cottage
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
crowd
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From this reading “But then theer mostly _is_ a bit of a crowd round our town pump.”
curtains
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
diamonded
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
disturbed
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
door
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
dozen
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
dulness
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
Eld
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
fellow
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
flattened
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
flutter
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
gaffer
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From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
gayly
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
glass
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
interiors
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
main
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
mostly
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From this reading “But then theer mostly _is_ a bit of a crowd round our town pump.”
Mr
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
nearly
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
noses
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
often
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
old
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
only
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
others
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “But then theer mostly _is_ a bit of a crowd round our town pump.”
panes
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
parent's
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
peered
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
people
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
picturesque
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
place
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From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
pläas
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
pump
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From this reading “But then theer mostly _is_ a bit of a crowd round our town pump.”
road
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
round
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From this reading “But then theer mostly _is_ a bit of a crowd round our town pump.”
said
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From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
Sennacherib
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
Snac
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From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
some
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
sort
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
stare
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
stirrin
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From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
street
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
summat
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From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
swaggering
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
theer
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
Theer's
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From this reading “Theer's a look of summat stirrin' i' the place, gaffer,” said Snac to one ancient of the village.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
then
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From this reading “But then theer mostly _is_ a bit of a crowd round our town pump.”
there
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
to-day
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
town
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From this reading “But then theer mostly _is_ a bit of a crowd round our town pump.”
turn
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
unconsciousness
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
unnatural
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
unusual
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
village
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
Why
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
windows
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From this reading By some unusual chance there were half a dozen people in the road, and not only did these turn to stare at him, but at least half a dozen others peered at him from behind the curtains of cottage interiors, or boldly flattened their noses against the bulbous little panes of glass in the diamonded windows.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
yis
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From this reading “Why, yis, Mr. Eld, theer is that sort of a air about the pläas to-day,” the old fellow answered, with a fine unconsciousness.
young
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From this reading The young Sennacherib, swaggering gayly from his unnatural parent's door, was aware of something as nearly approaching a flutter as not often disturbed the picturesque dulness of the village main street.
