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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 Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
all
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
Audley
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
barrister
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From this reading "What a pleasant thing life is," thought the barrister.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
black
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
Bridge
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
butchers
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
cab-man
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
carried
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
choosing
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
crisp
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
dark
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
delicious
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
dingy
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
Dorsetshire
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
drivers
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
flaring
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
gas
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
GEORGE'S
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From this reading GEORGE'S LETTERS.
gin-palaces
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
glaring
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
greasy
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
hackney
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
Hansom
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
hard
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
hideous
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
hour
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
innate
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
instinct
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What a pleasant thing life is," thought the barrister.
lamps
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
LETTERS
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From this reading GEORGE'S LETTERS.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What a pleasant thing life is," thought the barrister.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
ordinary
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
pedestrian
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What a pleasant thing life is," thought the barrister.
reached
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
return
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
Road
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
Robert
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
seems
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
shops
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
shoulders
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
shrugged
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
slush
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
snow
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
Southampton
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
streets
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
thawed
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From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What a pleasant thing life is," thought the barrister.
thoroughfares
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What a pleasant thing life is," thought the barrister.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
ticket
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
town
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
train
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
two
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
unknown
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
up
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
utterly
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
vehicles
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From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
Wareham
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
Waterloo
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From this reading Robert Audley did not return to Southampton, but took a ticket for the first up town train that left Wareham, and reached Waterloo Bridge an hour or two after dark.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What a pleasant thing life is," thought the barrister.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The snow, which had been hard and crisp in Dorsetshire, was a black and greasy slush in the Waterloo Road, thawed by the flaring lamps of the gin-palaces and the glaring gas in the butchers' shops.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Robert Audley shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the dingy streets through which the Hansom carried him, the cab-man choosingwith that delicious instinct which seems innate in the drivers of hackney vehiclesall those dark and hideous thoroughfares utterly unknown to the ordinary pedestrian.
