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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 houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
advances
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
alike
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
all
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
aunt
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
back
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
Camden
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
dingy
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
disproportioned
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
doors
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
down
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From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
exactly
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
faint
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
four-thirty
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
front
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
full
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
garden
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
Gods
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
Household
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
houses
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
knocks
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From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
light
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
lived
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
Martha
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
melt
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
merge
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
Miss
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
monstrously
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
Moon
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
Mrs
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
ninety
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
North
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
number
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
obscurity
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
old
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
other
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
Park
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
passes
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From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
pavement
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
perspective
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
porticoed
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
possibly
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From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
protest
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
Punctually
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
Quincey
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
Regent's
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
servant
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
side
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
Sidwell's
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
six
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
size
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
slag-bordered
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
St
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
Street
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From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
streets
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From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
suburban
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Miss Quincey lived in half of one of them (number ninety, Camden Street North) with her old aunt Mrs. Moon and their old servant Martha.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Nobody ever knocks at those front doors; nobody ever passes down those side streets if they can possibly help it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
Town
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
uttering
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From this reading The houses are all exactly alike; they melt and merge into each other in dingy perspective, each with its slag-bordered six foot of garden uttering a faint suburban protest against the advances of the pavement.
vanished
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From this reading Household Gods Punctually at four-thirty Miss Quincey vanished from the light of St. Sidwell's, Regent's Park, into the obscurity of Camden Town.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Camden Town is full of little houses standing back in side streets, houses with porticoed front doors monstrously disproportioned to their size.
