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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 Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
beautiful
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
Bloomsbury
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
boarding-house
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
BONDAGE
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
brass
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
brilliance
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
brown
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From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
concealment
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From this reading Mrs. Downey's boarding-house knew nothing of concealment or disguise.
conspicuous
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From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
disguisenounUS /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
From this reading Mrs. Downey's boarding-house knew nothing of concealment or disguise.
door
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
door-knocker
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
Downey's
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
evening
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
front
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
ground-floor
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
hour
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
HOUSE
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
knew
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From this reading Mrs. Downey's boarding-house knew nothing of concealment or disguise.
knob
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
light
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
monotony
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From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
Mrs
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Mrs. Downey's boarding-house knew nothing of concealment or disguise.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
offered
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Mrs. Downey's boarding-house knew nothing of concealment or disguise.
out
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From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
painted
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
pea-green
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
Place
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
polished
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From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
scene
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
seven
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
splendid
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From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
street
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From this reading In the brown monotony of the street it stood out splendid, conspicuous.
stupefying
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
Tavistock
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From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE Mrs. Downey's boarding-house was the light of Tavistock Place, Bloomsbury.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Its door and half its front were painted a beautiful, a remarkable pea-green, while its door knob and door-knocker were of polished brass.
window
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
world
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From this reading Every evening, at the hour of seven, through its ground-floor window it offered to the world a scene of stupefying brilliance.
