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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 CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
account
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
admission
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
altogether
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
always
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
Amy
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
ascending
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asthmatically
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
average
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
bending
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
carried
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
chair
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
children
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CLARA'S
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
door
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
Eagles
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
earlier
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
exhausted
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
family
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
fifth
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
fog
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
gas-jets
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
gaspnounUS /ɡæsp/
a sudden sharp intake of breath
From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
girth
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
glimmer
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
heavy
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
Hewett
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
home-lessons
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
husband
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
intolerable
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
knocked
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
landing
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
latch-key
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
longer
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
made
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
market-bag
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
middle-aged
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
mocked
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
more
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
Mrs
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much
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
natural
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
opened
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
other
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
pale
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
pause
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
pocket
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
purchasing
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
reached
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
RETURN
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
room
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
sank
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
Saturday
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
search
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From this reading She reached the door at length, and being too much exhausted to search her pocket for the latch-key, knocked for admission.
shared
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
staircase
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
storey
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
studiousness
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
tenement
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
too
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
two
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From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
usual
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
weather
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Amy Hewett opened to her, and she sank on a chair in the first room, where the other two Hewett children were bending over ‘home-lessons’ with a studiousness not altogether natural.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
woman
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From this reading CLARA’S RETURN Mrs. Eagles, a middle-aged woman of something more than average girth, always took her time in ascending to that fifth storey where she and her husband shared a tenement with the Hewett family.
wont
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From this reading She carried, too, a heavy market-bag, having done her Saturday purchasing earlier than of wont on account of the intolerable weather.
yellow
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From this reading This afternoon her pause on each landing was longer than usual, for a yellow fog, which mocked the pale glimmer of gas-jets on the staircase, made her gasp asthmatically.
