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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 LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
address
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
appear
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From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
arrested
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From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats.
cabbage
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From this reading They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats.
cats
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From this reading They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats.
compensation
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
decay
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From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
fashionable
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
find
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
furtive
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From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
gloom
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
goes
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
grey
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From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
inhabitants
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
January
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From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
LADY
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
lean
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From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
London
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
looks
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
majority
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From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
mean
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From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
much
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From this reading They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats.
neighbourhoods
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From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
note-paper
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
offer
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From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats.
penetrate
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
prowled
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From this reading They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats.
quarters
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
railway
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From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
RECEIVES
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
seems
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
SHOCK
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
sky
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From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
smell
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From this reading They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats.
Some
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
sort
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From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
streets
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
sufficient
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
sun
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
supposed
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
termini
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From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
There
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are lean, furtive streets, grey as the January sky with a sort of arrested decay.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
UNDERHILL
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From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
vagrom
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From this reading They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats.
well
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From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading The majority, however, are in the mean neighbourhoods of the great railway termini, and appear to offer no compensation whatever.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading LADY UNDERHILL RECEIVES A SHOCK I There are streets in London into which the sun seems never to penetrate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Some of these are in fashionable quarters, and it is to be supposed that their inhabitants find an address which looks well on note-paper a sufficient compensation for the gloom that goes with it.
