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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 carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SLAVE AND HER MASTER.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
await
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
awoke
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
bade
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
Broadway
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
carriage
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From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
carriages
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
checked
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
city
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From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
club
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
conveyed
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From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
crash
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
cross
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
disagreeable
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
driver
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
entered
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From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
General
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From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
Harrington
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From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SLAVE AND HER MASTER.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
leaving
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
lost
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
man
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
MASTER
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From this reading THE SLAVE AND HER MASTER.
neighborhood
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
omnibuses
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
out
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
paused
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
proceed
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
progress
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
rapid
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From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
rapidly
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
return
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
reverie
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
seldom
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
side-walk
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
sight
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
SLAVE
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From this reading THE SLAVE AND HER MASTER.
speed
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From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
street
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SLAVE AND HER MASTER.
then
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
there
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From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here he checked the driver, and leaving the carriage, bade him proceed to the club, and await his return there.
turning
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
unconscious
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
unusual
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
visited
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
walked
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From this reading He paused upon the side-walk, till the man was out of sight, then turning into a cross street, he walked rapidly forward into a neighborhood that he had seldom, if ever, visited before.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The carriage which conveyed General Harrington, went at a rapid speed, till it entered the city.
whirl
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From this reading The General seemed unconscious of his unusual progress, and was lost in what seemed a disagreeable reverie, till he awoke amid a crash of omnibuses, and a whirl of carriages in Broadway.
