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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 day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
abodes
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
alight
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From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
All
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From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
autumnal
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From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
back
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From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
brightness
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From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
business
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
citizen
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
common
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From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
counters
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From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
day
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From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
dingy
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From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
dinner
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
fog
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From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
gas
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From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
hastening
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
home
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
low-browed
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From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
mean
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
most
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From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
out
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From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
owners
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From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
PARLOUR
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From this reading THE PARLOUR.
parlours
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From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
poverty
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
quenched
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From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
rooms
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From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
shops
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From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
struggle
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PARLOUR.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
topmost
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
unlovely
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
wearisome
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From this reading Even to those behind their counters, in their back parlours, and in their rooms above, everything about them looked common--to most of them, save the owners, wearisome.
well-to-do
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From this reading To the well-to-do citizen hastening home to the topmost business of the day, his dinner, these looked the abodes of unlovely poverty and mean struggle.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day went on, and went out, its short autumnal brightness quenched in a chilly fog.
Widdiehill
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From this reading All along the Widdiehill, the gas was alight in the low-browed dingy shops.
