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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 Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
Army
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
bargaining
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
barrows
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
Braunt
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
brilliancy
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
building
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
burned
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From this reading Incense was being burned--evil-smelling incense--to the God of Cheapness.
came
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
certain
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
chaffering
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
Cheapness
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From this reading Incense was being burned--evil-smelling incense--to the God of Cheapness.
comers
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
common
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
coster's
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
Court
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
crowded
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
difficulty
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
dimness
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
discussion
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
doors
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
down
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
employees
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
evil-smelling
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From this reading Incense was being burned--evil-smelling incense--to the God of Cheapness.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
flaring
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
front
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
Garden
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
gasoline
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
God
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From this reading Incense was being burned--evil-smelling incense--to the God of Cheapness.
grievances
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
heaped-up
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
heel
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
held
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
Hope
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
Hordes
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
huge
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
impecunious
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
Incense
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From this reading Incense was being burned--evil-smelling incense--to the God of Cheapness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
lane
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
latest
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
level
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
Light
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
like
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
lined
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
making
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
Marsten
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
meeting
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
men
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
Monkton
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
narrower
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
nearer
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
place
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
platform
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
poverty
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
prolonged
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
radiantadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdiənt/
shining brightly
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
room
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
Rose
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
Salvation
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
services
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
side
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
some
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
speakers
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
Street
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
temporarily
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
then
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Incense was being burned--evil-smelling incense--to the God of Cheapness.
Turning
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
two
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From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
venders
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
walls
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
way
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From this reading The place was crowded to the doors, and the latest comers had some difficulty in making their way along one side of the walls, nearer the front platform, where they at last found room half way between the doors and the speakers.
week
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From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Turning into a side street and then into a narrower lane, the two men came to a huge building where the Salvation Army held its services--a building let temporarily to the employees of Monkton & Hope for the discussion of their grievances.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Braunt and Marsten passed from the dimness of Rose Garden Court into the brilliancy of Light Street, which on certain nights in the week was like one prolonged fair, each side being lined with heaped-up coster’s barrows, radiant with flaring gasoline.
women
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From this reading Hordes of women, down at the heel, were bargaining with equally impecunious venders--meeting and chaffering on the common level of poverty.
