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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 trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
arrived
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
aërial
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
beings
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
black
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
blue-and-white
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
bordered
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
came
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
Caserta
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
cloth
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
coats
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
costumes
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
degree
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
dirty
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
dittos
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
domes
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
down
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
dresses
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
dusty
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
elegance
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From this reading It shone, too, on overcoats that represented tentative provincial elegance.
evening
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
expensive
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
fields
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
flooding
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
framing
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
fresh
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
garrisonnounUS /ˈɡærəsən/
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
gilded
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
graze
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
Hall
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
horses
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
human
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I.
ignoring
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
implied
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
Inauguration
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
intention
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
irreverence
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It shone, too, on overcoats that represented tentative provincial elegance.
ladies
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
large
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
light
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
linen
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
matters
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
metropolitan
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
Naples
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
out
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
overcoats
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From this reading It shone, too, on overcoats that represented tentative provincial elegance.
poured
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
provincial
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
represented
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From this reading It shone, too, on overcoats that represented tentative provincial elegance.
road
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
Rome
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
scorching
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
sea
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
shade
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
shirt-fronts
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
shone
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
station
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
striped
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
summer
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
sun
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
sunshades
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From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
tentative
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From this reading It shone, too, on overcoats that represented tentative provincial elegance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
too
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From this reading It shone, too, on overcoats that represented tentative provincial elegance.
trains
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
two
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under the domes of their large white sunshades came ladies of every degree, in every shade of light, fresh, aërial dresses.
well
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
white
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
wide
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
wretched
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From this reading As the trains arrived from Rome and Naples, a sea of human beings poured out of the dirty, wretched, little Caserta station, flooding the wide, dusty road that is bordered by two fields, where the garrison horses graze.
youth
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From this reading The scorching sun shone down on black evening coats, framing expensive white shirt-fronts, as well as on dittos of light summer cloth, and blue-and-white striped linen costumes, by which the gilded youth of Naples--with metropolitan irreverence for matters provincial--implied their intention of ignoring the Hall of the Inauguration.
