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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 As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
able
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From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
back
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
became
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
buzz
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
candelabrum
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
candles
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From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
carpet
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
caught
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
ceiling
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
centre
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
CLASP
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From this reading TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP.
colour
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
completely
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confused
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conscious
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dazzled
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degrees
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From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
depending
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
design
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
door
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
drawing-room
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From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
eyes
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
familiar
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From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
fashion
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From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
flood
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
furnished
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From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
garish
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
gilded
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
gilding
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From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
glittered
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
GOLDEN
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From this reading TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP.
grew
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From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
hearing
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
huge
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
hung
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
large
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From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
light
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
LUCK
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From this reading TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP.
many
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
mirrors
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
noise
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From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP.
pictures
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
quantity
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
rays
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
reflected
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
resplendent
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From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
rich
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
room
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From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
scene
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From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
slow
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From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
strange
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From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
swung
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
tasteless
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
TELLS
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From this reading TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
voices
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From this reading As the door swung back I became conscious first of a flood of light that completely dazzled my eyes, next of the buzz of many voices that confused my hearing.
walls
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From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading By slow degrees, however, the noise and glare grew familiar and my senses were able to take in the strange scene.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The carpet was rich, the walls were hung with pictures, which if garish in colour were not tasteless in design, and between these glittered a quantity of gilded mirrors that caught and reflected the rays of a huge candelabrum depending from the centre of the ceiling.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I stood in a large room furnished after the fashion of a drawing-room, and resplendent with candles and gilding.
