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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 weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
also
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From this reading I went down Park Lane,--and the wind and rain went with me,--also, thoughts of Dora Grayling.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
blinding
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
cabs
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From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
catch-who-catch-can
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
deuce
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From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
dog
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From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
doors
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From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
Dora
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From this reading I went down Park Lane,--and the wind and rain went with me,--also, thoughts of Dora Grayling.
down
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From this reading I went down Park Lane,--and the wind and rain went with me,--also, thoughts of Dora Grayling.
exercise
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From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
fit
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From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
frame
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From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
Grayling
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From this reading I went down Park Lane,--and the wind and rain went with me,--also, thoughts of Dora Grayling.
gusts
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So I had it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
intermittent
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
keen
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
Lane
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From this reading I went down Park Lane,--and the wind and rain went with me,--also, thoughts of Dora Grayling.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
night
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From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
north-east
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
off
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
out
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From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
Park
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From this reading I went down Park Lane,--and the wind and rain went with me,--also, thoughts of Dora Grayling.
pedestrian
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From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
playing
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
rain
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
serve
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From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
skin
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So I had it.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
temper
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From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
thoughts
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From this reading I went down Park Lane,--and the wind and rain went with me,--also, thoughts of Dora Grayling.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
tune
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From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
walk
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From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
warranted
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From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
weather
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From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went down Park Lane,--and the wind and rain went with me,--also, thoughts of Dora Grayling.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The weather out of doors was in tune with my frame of mind,--I was in a deuce of a temper, and it was a deuce of a night.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A keen north-east wind, warranted to take the skin right off you, was playing catch-who-catch-can with intermittent gusts of blinding rain.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Since it was not fit for a dog to walk, none of your cabs for me,--nothing would serve but pedestrian exercise.
