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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 Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
account
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From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
articles
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From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
day
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From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
daylight
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
depressed
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
ELLESMERE
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From this reading IN THE ELLESMERE ROAD.
evening
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From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
faces
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
fugitive
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
fussed
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From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
glance
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
greater
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From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
ground
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
head
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
heart
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
Holdsworth
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From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
house
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From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE ELLESMERE ROAD.
inmate
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From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
keen
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
letter
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From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
lodgings
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
made
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
met
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
Mr
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From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
Mrs
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From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
o'clock
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From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
only
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
pace
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
painful
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
Parrot
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From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
Parrot's
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From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
perhaps
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
purchased
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From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
ROAD
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From this reading IN THE ELLESMERE ROAD.
shame
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
Sherman
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From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
slow
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
some
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From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
spent
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From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
stole
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
strange
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE ELLESMERE ROAD.
there
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
tired
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From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
twelve
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From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
two
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
walk
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From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At twelve o’clock next day he was an inmate of Mrs. Parrot’s house in the Ellesmere Road.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In his walk to the lodgings he had met only strange faces, one or two of which looked after him, struck, perhaps, by his keen fugitive glance, his slow pace that stole along the ground, and his depressed head, as though there were a shame in his heart that made the daylight painful.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Parrot fussed about him for some time, and tired him with an account of the articles she had purchased for him.
writing
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From this reading Holdsworth spent the greater part of the evening in writing a letter to Mr. Sherman.
