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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 TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
ambulance
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
arrival
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
await
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
awaiting
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
BesideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
body
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
brooded
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From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
business
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From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
chair
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
closed
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From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
coloured
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
constables
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
convey
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
corpse
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
counter
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
counters
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
covered
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
crowd
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
curious
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From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
decently
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
doctor
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
doors
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
Even
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From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
floor
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
glass
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
grave
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
hush
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From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
identification
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
inspector
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From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
limbs
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
long
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
monotonously
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
mortuary
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
murdered
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
now
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
object
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
office
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From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
order
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From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
Outside
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
pass
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
post
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From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
present
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From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
requesting
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
sat
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
shop
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From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
silent
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
stationed
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
straightened
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
superior
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
suspended
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From this reading Even the post office business must be suspended for the present.
tablecloth
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
TAXICAB
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From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TAXICAB A curious hush brooded over the shop, closed by order of the inspector.
there
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From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
third
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
turned
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
two
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From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Outside the glass doors two constables were stationed, monotonously requesting the crowd to “pass along there”; and behind the post office counter was a third, who turned to his superior.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
woman
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From this reading On the floor between the counters was a long object covered by a coloured tablecloth--the corpse of the murdered woman, with limbs decently straightened now.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Beside it, on a shop chair, sat the doctor, grave and silent, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance which would convey the body to the mortuary, there to await identification.
