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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 For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
back
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
bedchamber
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
bleak
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
blew
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
branches
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From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
cedar
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From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
communication
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
complaint
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From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
confined
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From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
door
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
dreary
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
easterly
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
exercise
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
fire
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From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
gain
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
greater
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
house
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
Iglesias
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From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
long-drawn
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From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
loud
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From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
more
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From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
now
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From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
reached
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From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
rooms
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
sat
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From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
sawed
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From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
sense
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
set
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
shattering
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
sitting-room
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From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
sounds
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From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
space
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
strong
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
tree
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From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
two
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
unoccupied
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From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
walking
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The complaint of the cedar tree, as the branches sawed upon one another, was long-drawn and loud.
week
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From this reading For more than a week now he had been confined to the house.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading These sounds reached Iglesias in the sitting-room, where he sat, alone and unoccupied, before the fire.
whole
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From this reading He had set the door of communication between the two rooms open, so as to gain a greater sense of space and that he might take a little exercise by walking the whole length of them.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
windows
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From this reading The easterly wind blew strong and shattering, bleak and dreary, against the windows of the bedchamber at the back of the house.
