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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 The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
almost
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading From St. James's Street below came no sounds at last.
away
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading From St. James's Street below came no sounds at last.
Ben
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
Big
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
boomed
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
came
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
carrying
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
ceased
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
clatter
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
died
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
dignity
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
drays
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
embalmed
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
forth
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
freights
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
gave
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
hoofs
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
horses
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
hours
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
James's
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
LANDRASSY'S
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From this reading LANDRASSY'S LAST STROKE Midnight--one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock.
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LANDRASSY'S LAST STROKE Midnight--one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock.
light
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
lighter
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
made
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
making
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
Midnight
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From this reading LANDRASSY'S LAST STROKE Midnight--one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock.
moon
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
newsboys
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
newspaper
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
night
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading From St. James's Street below came no sounds at last.
o'clock
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From this reading LANDRASSY'S LAST STROKE Midnight--one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
office
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
old
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading LANDRASSY'S LAST STROKE Midnight--one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock.
out
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
Palace
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
Peace
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
pensive
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
quarters
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
quicker
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
rumble
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
rumours
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
sensation
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
shouts
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From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
silver
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
soft
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
sounds
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From this reading From St. James's Street below came no sounds at last.
St
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
Street
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From this reading From St. James's Street below came no sounds at last.
STROKE
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From this reading LANDRASSY'S LAST STROKE Midnight--one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock.
tenderness
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The clatter of the hoofs of horses had ceased, the rumble of drays carrying their night freights, the shouts of the newsboys making sensation out of rumours made in a newspaper office, had died away.
thoroughfare
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
three
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From this reading LANDRASSY'S LAST STROKE Midnight--one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
tone
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From this reading Big Ben boomed the hours, and from St. James's Palace came the stroke of the quarters, lighter, quicker, almost pensive in tone.
two
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From this reading LANDRASSY'S LAST STROKE Midnight--one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
workaday
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From this reading Peace came, and a silver moon gave forth a soft light, which embalmed the old thoroughfare, and added a tenderness to its workaday dignity.
