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Chapter XL
THE END CROWNS ALL. Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End. Such heated air! such scorching pavements! Oh! how the poor were suffering! How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh! how the poor were suffering!”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading Such heated air! such scorching pavements!
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From this reading THE END CROWNS ALL.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading THE END CROWNS ALL.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE END CROWNS ALL.
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From this reading Such heated air! such scorching pavements!
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From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
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From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading Such heated air! such scorching pavements!
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
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From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such heated air! such scorching pavements!
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From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
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From this reading Summer! summer, not in the lovely country, but in the scorching East End.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END CROWNS ALL.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
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From this reading How pale the little children looked, as too tired, and perhaps too weak to play, they crept about the baking streets.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Oh! how the poor were suffering!
