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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 An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
advanced
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
all
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
bay
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
bow
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
calmness
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
cap
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
caps
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
chin
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
direction
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
expression
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From this reading Sydney gave expression to his impatience in his own peculiar vein.
failed
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
floor
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
front
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
gave
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From this reading Sydney gave expression to his impatience in his own peculiar vein.
gazing
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
grandmothers
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
hardly
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sydney gave expression to his impatience in his own peculiar vein.
house
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
impatience
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From this reading Sydney gave expression to his impatience in his own peculiar vein.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
indeed
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
knocked
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From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
large
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
looking
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
notice
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From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
occupant
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
old
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
old-fashioned
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
once
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From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
own
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From this reading Sydney gave expression to his impatience in his own peculiar vein.
peculiar
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From this reading Sydney gave expression to his impatience in his own peculiar vein.
placid
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
plain
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
room
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
sat
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
seated
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
see
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
slightest
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From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
stare
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From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
strings
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
summonsnounUS /ˈsʌmənz/
an official order to appear or respond
From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
Sydney
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From this reading Sydney gave expression to his impatience in his own peculiar vein.
taken
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From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
tenanted
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
tied
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
twice
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From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
used
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
vein
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From this reading Sydney gave expression to his impatience in his own peculiar vein.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
way
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
wear
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading It was a bow window, and as she was seated in the bay looking right in our direction she could hardly have failed to see us as we advanced,--indeed she continued to stare at us all the while with placid calmness.
window
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
woman
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From this reading An old woman in a cap,--one of those large old-fashioned caps which our grandmothers used to wear, tied with strings under the chin.
world
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From this reading That the house over the way was tenanted was plain to all the world,--at least one occupant sat gazing through the window of the first floor front room.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet I knocked once, twice, and yet again without the slightest notice being taken of my summons.
