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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 day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
bleakly
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
brick
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
buildings
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
campus
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
Carl
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
coming
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From this reading He wanted to keep three o'clock, the hour of Frazer's lecture, from coming.
day
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
death
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From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
dripped
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
end
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
feel
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From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
feet
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
fight
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From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
Frazer's
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wanted to keep three o'clock, the hour of Frazer's lecture, from coming.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
hour
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From this reading He wanted to keep three o'clock, the hour of Frazer's lecture, from coming.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
itchingly
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
keep
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From this reading He wanted to keep three o'clock, the hour of Frazer's lecture, from coming.
leaving
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
lecture
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
legs
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
next
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
o'clock
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From this reading He wanted to keep three o'clock, the hour of Frazer's lecture, from coming.
October
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
pools
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
Professor
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
rain
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
rain-sodden
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
returned
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
room
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
rusty
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
scared
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From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
shelterless
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
side
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
sloshily
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
soaking
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
splashed
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
stove
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
stubble-fields
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From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
talked
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
three
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From this reading He wanted to keep three o'clock, the hour of Frazer's lecture, from coming.
thrust
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
trees
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
Turk
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From this reading Carl returned to his room at one; talked to the Turk, his feet thrust against the side of their rusty stove.
uncomfortable
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
up
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
walks
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
wanted
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From this reading He wanted to keep three o'clock, the hour of Frazer's lecture, from coming.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I feel as if I was in for a fight and scared to death about it.
wet
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
whipped
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From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The day of Professor Frazer's next lecture, a rain-sodden day at the end of October, with the stubble-fields bleakly shelterless beyond the campus.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading The rain splashed up from pools on the worn brick walks and dripped from trees and whipped about buildings, soaking the legs and leaving them itchingly wet and the feet sloshily uncomfortable.
