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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 --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
abated
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From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
August
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From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
building
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
caught
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From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
daughters
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From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
dusk
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
enough
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
Ethel
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
evening
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
face
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From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
fairest
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From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
FLAT
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From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
floor
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
forty-five
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
FOURTHnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
girl
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
GIRLS
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From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
hand
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
Harrison
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
heat
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From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
hung
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From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
Kensington
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
known
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
light
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
lived
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
London
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From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
Mansions
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
metropolis
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From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
moreoveradverbUS /mɔːˈroʊvər/
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
o'clock
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
pound
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
Queens
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
quivering
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From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
race
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From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
rays
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From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
red-brick
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
Rita
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
room
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
sank
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From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
sat
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
seven
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
sew
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
sewing
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
side
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From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
sitting
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
small
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
STORY
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From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
sun
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From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
tall
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
Tennyson
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
there
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From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was seven o'clock in the evening and though dusk was at hand there was still enough light to sew by.
two
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From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
vapours
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From this reading The flat, moreover, was on the west side of the building and caught the last rays of the sun as he sank to rest behind the quivering vapours of London.
Wallace
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
way
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From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
week
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From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE GIRLS IN THE FOURTH STORY FLAT "We were two daughters of one race; She was the fairest in the face;"
West
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Last week in August as it was, the heat which hung over the metropolis for so long was in no way abated.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
window
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From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading --_Tennyson._ In the sitting room of a small forty-five pound flat, upon the fourth floor of a tall red-brick building in West Kensington known as Queens Mansions, Ethel Harrison, the girl who lived with Rita Wallace, sat sewing by the window.
