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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 "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
always
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
attitude
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From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
Augustus
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From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
Bar
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
beneficence
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
big
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
BRAND
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
BURNING
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
business
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
came
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
changed
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From this reading His face was quite changed.
elapsed
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From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
entered
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
eyes
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
face
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From this reading His face was quite changed.
fixity
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His face was quite changed.
house
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From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
inward
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
Joseph
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
kindly
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
Kirwan's
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From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
lamp
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
light
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
lovers
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
man
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From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
marked
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
Master's
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
nervous
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From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
now
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
pale
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From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
person
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From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
public-house
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
pushed
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His face was quite changed.
Saloon
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
Sir
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From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
strain
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From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
strange
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From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
swing-doors
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From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
Teacher
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From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "AS A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" Joseph pushed open the swing-doors of the big public-house and entered beneath a lamp marked "Saloon Bar."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
undergoing
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From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His face was quite changed.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the short time which had elapsed since he left Sir Augustus Kirwan's house he seemed another person.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
whole
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From this reading The face was pale, and the whole attitude of the Teacher was as that of a man who is undergoing a great nervous strain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The great eyes which had looked upon the lovers with such kindly beneficence had now the strange fixity and inward light that always came to them when he was about his Master's business.
