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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 Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
ago
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
bedrooms
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
bulb
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
Colonel
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
corridor
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
dozen
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
dressing-rooms
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
eastern
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From this reading They proceeded to the eastern extremity.
electric
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
elsewhere
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
Ernest
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
explained
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
extremity
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From this reading They proceeded to the eastern extremity.
father
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From this reading My father never would have it.
Fayre-Michell
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
Felix
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
followed
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
front
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
Grey
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My father never would have it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
installed
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
leader
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
light
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
lighted
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
main
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My father never would have it.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
now
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
off
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
opened
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
own
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
plant
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
proceeded
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From this reading They proceeded to the eastern extremity.
ran
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
room
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
sconce
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
Sir
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
started
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
There
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They proceeded to the eastern extremity.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
Tom
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
Travers
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
twenty
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
upstairs
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
Vane
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
visit
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
wall
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From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
Walter
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From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was lighted throughout, and now their leader took off an electric bulb from a sconce on the wall outside the room they had come to visit.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Ernest Travers, Felix Fayre-Michell, Tom May, and Colonel Vane followed Sir Walter upstairs to a great corridor, which ran the length of the main front, and upon which opened a dozen bedrooms and dressing-rooms.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My father never would have it.
years
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From this reading "There is none in there," he explained, "though the light was installed in the Grey Room as elsewhere when I started my own plant twenty years ago.
