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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 two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
air
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
beauty
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
blue
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
brain
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
breath
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
clean
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
clear
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
days
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From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
domes
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
flashed
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
Fog
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
followed
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From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
freeing
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
frosty
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
gave
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
gleamed
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
hard
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
heaven
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HER REWARD This was on Thursday.
housetops
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
joyous
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
like
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
lingered
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
London
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From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
made
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
new
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HER REWARD This was on Thursday.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
outline
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
places
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
rarely
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From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
revealed
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
REWARD
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From this reading HER REWARD This was on Thursday.
sky
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
sluggish
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
snow
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
spires
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
spirit
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
street
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
sun
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading HER REWARD This was on Thursday.
Thursday
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From this reading HER REWARD This was on Thursday.
tingling
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
two
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From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
untrodden
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
vanished
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
vapours
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
very
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From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
warmth
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From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HER REWARD This was on Thursday.
ways
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
whiteness
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
windows
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From this reading The sun--the very sun of heaven--made new the outline of every street, flashed on windows, gave beauty to spires and domes, revealed whiteness in untrodden places where the snow still lingered.
winter
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From this reading The two days which followed were such as come very rarely in a London winter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The air was like a spirit of joyous life, tingling the blood to warmth and with a breath freeing the brain from sluggish vapours.
zenith
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From this reading Fog had vanished; the ways were clean and hard; between the housetops and the zenith gleamed one clear blue track of frosty sky.
