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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 They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
air
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From this reading In the air there was the scent of him, of walls, and washing, and red herrings.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
arms
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From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
Arriving
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
Attached
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
baby
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
bare
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From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
bayonet
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
bolster
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
companion
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
congealed
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From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
depicting
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
doing
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
eyes
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From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
face
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From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
father's
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
fire
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
front
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
hanging
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
herrings
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From this reading In the air there was the scent of him, of walls, and washing, and red herrings.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the air there was the scent of him, of walls, and washing, and red herrings.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
HOUND
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
Hughs
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
Martin
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
Mrs
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
Nativity
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
oleograph
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
out
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
PILGRIMAGE
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
red
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From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
room
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
sat
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading In the air there was the scent of him, of walls, and washing, and red herrings.
SECOND
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
soapsuds
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From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
soil
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
steam
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From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
Stone
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
straight
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
STREET
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
suffered
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
there
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From this reading In the air there was the scent of him, of walls, and washing, and red herrings.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
towel
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From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Attached to the bolster by a towel, under his father's bayonet and the oleograph depicting the Nativity, sat the baby.
up
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From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
walls
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From this reading In the air there was the scent of him, of walls, and washing, and red herrings.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the air there was the scent of him, of walls, and washing, and red herrings.
washing
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
week
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
week's
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From this reading They found her doing the week's washing, and hanging out before a scanty fire part of the little that the week had been suffered to soil.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SECOND PILGRIMAGE TO HOUND STREET Arriving in Hound Street, Martin Stone and his companion went straight up to Mrs. Hughs' front room.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her arms were bare, her face and eyes red; the steam of soapsuds had congealed on them.
