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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 I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
almost
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
announced
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
call
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
chapel
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From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
cleared
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From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
count
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From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
crammed
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
crowd
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
crowded
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From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
end
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From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
erected
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From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
Exile
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
father
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From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
fighting
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
filed
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From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
followed
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From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
gaunt
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
hall
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From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
hard
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
heels
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From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
held
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
immediately
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From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
like
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
meeting
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
Methodist
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From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
minutes
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
Miss
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From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
neighboring
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
phantomnounUS /ˈfæn.təm/
A ghost or apparition; a figment of the imagination or a hidden dweller.
From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
platform
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From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
preceded
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From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
public
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
reach
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
reached
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
room
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
Rossano
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From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
round
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
school-room
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
suffocation
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
swung
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
ten
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
there
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From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
trumpet
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
vestry
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From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
visitor
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From this reading My visitor of that afternoon immediately preceded Miss Rossano and the count, and I followed on their heels.
voice
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From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
way
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From this reading The way was cleared at last, and a score or so of us filed on to the platform, which was erected at one end of the crowded hall.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As we reached the platform the gaunt phantom swung round upon us, and in a voice like the call of a trumpet announced “The Exile.”
Wesleyan
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From this reading I found Miss Rossano and her father in the vestry of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The room was crammed almost to suffocation, and there was such a crowd outside that it took us ten minutes' hard fighting to reach the neighboring school-room in which the public meeting was to be held.
