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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 The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
abode
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
also
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
ambition
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From this reading It had cost two hundred pounds, and was the monument of a life's ambition.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
antique
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
bachelor
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
back
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
back-parlour
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
beautiful
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
bedroom
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
brick
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
build
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
change
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
Church
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
cost
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From this reading It had cost two hundred pounds, and was the monument of a life's ambition.
die
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
dinner
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
doorway
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
dwelling
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
emerge
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
fanlight
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
front
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
generations
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
grandfather
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
grey
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
HANNAH
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
hearthrug
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
honestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/
truthful and trustworthy
From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
house
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
housewife's
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
hundred
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From this reading It had cost two hundred pounds, and was the monument of a life's ambition.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
infinite
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
life's
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From this reading It had cost two hundred pounds, and was the monument of a life's ambition.
line
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
list
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
manners
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
mass
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
meant
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
MESHACH
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
Meshach's
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
monument
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From this reading It had cost two hundred pounds, and was the monument of a life's ambition.
near
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
old
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
pass
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
pillared
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
pounds
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From this reading It had cost two hundred pounds, and was the monument of a life's ambition.
proletariat
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
red
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
rejoin
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
ruined
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
six-roomed
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
soul
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
spinster
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
Street
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
succeeded
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
there
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
tile
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
top
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From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
two
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From this reading It had cost two hundred pounds, and was the monument of a life's ambition.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
watched
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From this reading In that abode they had watched generations pass and manners change, as one list hearthrug succeeded another in the back-parlour.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MESHACH AND HANNAH The little old bachelor and spinster were resting after dinner in the back-parlour of their house near the top of Church Street.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
window
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From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
workmanship
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From this reading The house, which Meshach's grandfather, first of his line to emerge from the grey mass of the proletariat, had ruined himself to build, was a six-roomed dwelling of honest workmanship in red brick and tile, with a beautiful pillared doorway and fanlight in the antique taste.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Meshach had been born in the front bedroom, and he meant to die there; Hannah had also been born in the front bedroom, but it was through the window of the back bedroom that the housewife's soul would rejoin the infinite.
