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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 BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
apprehension
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From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
arm-chair
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
back
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
BAND
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
beauty
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
bedroom
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
BENEATHprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
bore
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
bottles
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
chambers
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
consoled
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
curiosity
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From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
curious
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
darkling
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
dingy
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
ELASTIC
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
entered
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
era
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
FETHERSTON
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
final
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
fire
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
full
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From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
furniture
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
Holles
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
hours
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
London
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
man
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
mantelshelf
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
medicine
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
merely
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
mid-Victorian
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
night
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
off
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
old
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
once
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
Oxford
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
pied-à-terre
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
rented
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
repapered
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
room
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
shabby
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
stains
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
story
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
Street
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
strolled
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
tenant
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From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
third-floor
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
threw
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From this reading He entered his darkling, shabby old third-floor room and threw himself into the arm-chair before the fire to think.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
twenty
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
walls
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
WALTER
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From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
Weirmarsh
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From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BENEATH THE ELASTIC BAND WALTER FETHERSTON strolled back that night to the dingy chambers he rented in Holles Street, off Oxford Street, as a _pied-à-terre_ when in London.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was full of apprehension, full of curiosity, as to who this Doctor Weirmarsh could be.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The mantelshelf in the bedroom still bore stains from the medicine bottles which consoled the final hours of the last tenant, a man about whom a curious story was told.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
years
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From this reading It was a room without beauty, merely walls, repapered once every twenty years, and furniture of the mid-Victorian era.
