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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 NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading They came one by one, sometimes recognizing one another in the porch.
arches
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
beg
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They came one by one, sometimes recognizing one another in the porch.
came
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From this reading They came one by one, sometimes recognizing one another in the porch.
Cathedral
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
Chambéry
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CHILD
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church
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cold
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
come
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
dark
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
darkness
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
deadened
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
December
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
door
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
early
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
entered
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
few
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
first
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
flickering
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
footsteps
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
half-open
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
hastened
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
housewives
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
Humble
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
hurried
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
lamp
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
LAST
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
lead
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
light
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
like
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
Mass
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
meeting-place
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
Metropole
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
morning
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
NIOBE'S
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
porch
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From this reading They came one by one, sometimes recognizing one another in the porch.
rays
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
recognizing
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From this reading They came one by one, sometimes recognizing one another in the porch.
rose
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
running
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
Saint-Real
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
servants
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
shadows
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
shop-girls
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
showed
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From this reading As one entered the church the half-open door showed the flickering rays of the lamp running along the dark arches.
slipped
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
snow
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
some
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
sometimes
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From this reading They came one by one, sometimes recognizing one another in the porch.
spite
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
Streets
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
TowardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
trembling
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
warmth
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From this reading Toward this trembling lamp they hurried, in spite of the cold and the darkness, as though they had come to beg light and warmth from it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
women
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From this reading NIOBE’S LAST CHILD On a dark morning in December a few women slipped like shadows through the snow which deadened their footsteps, to Saint-Real and Metropole Streets, which lead to the Cathedral at Chambéry.
work
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
workwomen
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From this reading Humble housewives, shop-girls, workwomen, servants, they rose early before their work and hastened to the first Mass as though to some secret meeting-place.
