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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 A little murmur of dismay broke from the assembled crowd.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Monsieur le Directeur hastened about, doing his best to reassure everybody.
accommodation
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
alasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
all
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
any
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
ask
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
assembled
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From this reading A little murmur of dismay broke from the assembled crowd.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
automobiles
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
bank
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
best
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brilliant
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
broke
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From this reading A little murmur of dismay broke from the assembled crowd.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
change
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
clouds
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
crowd
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From this reading A little murmur of dismay broke from the assembled crowd.
declared
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
dense
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
Directeur
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disconcerting
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
dismay
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From this reading A little murmur of dismay broke from the assembled crowd.
doing
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door
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Monsieur le Directeur hastened about, doing his best to reassure everybody.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A little murmur of dismay broke from the assembled crowd.
glimpse
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
grudgingly
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
hastened
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From this reading Monsieur le Directeur hastened about, doing his best to reassure everybody.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Monsieur le Directeur hastened about, doing his best to reassure everybody.
hours
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
Hunterleys
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
Lane
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
le
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From this reading Monsieur le Directeur hastened about, doing his best to reassure everybody.
lights
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
like
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
likely
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little murmur of dismay broke from the assembled crowd.
mist
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
MISTS
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
Monsieur
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From this reading Monsieur le Directeur hastened about, doing his best to reassure everybody.
murmur
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From this reading A little murmur of dismay broke from the assembled crowd.
night
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
once
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
opened
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
out
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
reassure
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From this reading Monsieur le Directeur hastened about, doing his best to reassure everybody.
seen
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
shone
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
sleeping
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
slightest
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
stay
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
stoop
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
sufficiently
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From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
there
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
twenty-four
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
use
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From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
waiting
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN THE MISTS Their first glimpse of the night, as Hunterleys and Lane passed out through the grudgingly opened door, was sufficiently disconcerting.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
white
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From this reading Nothing was to be seen but a dense bank of white mist, through which shone the brilliant lights of the automobiles waiting at the door.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If I thought it was of the slightest use," he declared, "I would ask you all to stay, but when the clouds once stoop like this, there is not likely to be any change for twenty-four hours, and we have not, alas! sleeping accommodation.
