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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 A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
all
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
angle
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
back
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
Bank
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
broke
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
chair
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
coming
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
dangerous
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
days
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From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
delicious
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
discernible
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
disturbing
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
doors
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
dreams
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
engagements
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
faintly
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
fancy
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
flight
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
gorgeous
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
heat
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
heavier
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
Holiday
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
hours
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
infinite
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From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
intellectual
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
like
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
mahogany
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
measure
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From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
move
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
only
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From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
pageants
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
pages
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
pillar-stove
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
pressed
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From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
procession
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
reviewing
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
Saturnalia
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
saw
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From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
shop
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
smells
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
spread
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
Spring
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
stole
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
strewing
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
swing
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He saw in fancy the procession of the hours, the flight of the dreams, of all the gorgeous intellectual pageants that move through the pages of _Saturnalia_.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
there
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
three
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From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
thrust
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
tilted
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
twenty
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From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was only three and twenty, and at three and twenty an infinite measure of life can be pressed into the great three days.
wave
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
work
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From this reading He thrust his work from him, tilted back his chair at a dangerous angle, and began reviewing his engagements for the coming Bank Holiday.
wrack
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From this reading A wave of heat broke from the pillar-stove and spread through the shop, strewing the heavier smells like a wrack behind it.
young
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From this reading And through it all, with every swing of the great mahogany doors, there stole into his young senses a something delicious and disturbing, faintly discernible as the Spring.
