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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 Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
according
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From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
again
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
ahead
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
arcades
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
Broad
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From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
columns
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
Constitution
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From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
covered
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
crane
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
crowd
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
day
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From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
dirty
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
election-day
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From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
end
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From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
faces
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
façade
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
February
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From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
feet
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
filled
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From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
fountain
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
four
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From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
glazed-brick
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
glimpse
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
grey
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
Hall
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
look
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
market-place
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
melts
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
mounting
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
necks
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
o'clock
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From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
ornamental
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
other's
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
outstanding
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
passed
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From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
people
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From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
pointed
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
seat
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From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
Senate
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From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
sky
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
slush
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
stands
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
steadfastly
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
steps
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
straight
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
Street
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From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
supported
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
thaw
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From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
then
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From this reading The crowd stands steadfastly in the dirty slush that melts beneath their feet; they look into each other’s faces and then straight ahead again, and crane their necks.
there
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
Three
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From this reading Three of them have passed, and this is election-day--a day of thaw, at the end of February.
thronging
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From this reading It is about one o’clock, and people are thronging into Broad Street.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
towers
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
Town
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
turrets
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
vacant
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From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
weeks
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From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
whitish
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From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They are thronging before the Town Hall, with its ornamental glazed-brick façade, its pointed towers and turrets mounting toward a whitish grey sky, its covered steps supported on outstanding columns, its pointed arcades, through which there is a glimpse of the market-place and the fountain.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Every vacant seat in the Senate must, according to the Constitution, be filled within four weeks.
