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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 At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After a moment's scrutiny she said, in a low, hard tone:
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You have spent the evening with Miss Jocelyn again."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
architecture
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
Arnold's
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
Avenue
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
caused
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
creation
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
crossed
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
days
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
down
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
earlier
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
entered
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
evening
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From this reading "You have spent the evening with Miss Jocelyn again."
evidently
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
Fifth
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
hall
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
hard
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From this reading After a moment's scrutiny she said, in a low, hard tone:
hat-rack
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You have spent the evening with Miss Jocelyn again."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
heavy
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
history
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
house
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
indicate
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
intercept
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
Jocelyn
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From this reading "You have spent the evening with Miss Jocelyn again."
large
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
low
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From this reading After a moment's scrutiny she said, in a low, hard tone:
marble
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
Miss
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From this reading "You have spent the evening with Miss Jocelyn again."
moment's
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From this reading After a moment's scrutiny she said, in a low, hard tone:
mother
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
pass
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
perturbation
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
quickly
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
rapid
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
said
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From this reading After a moment's scrutiny she said, in a low, hard tone:
scrutiny
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From this reading After a moment's scrutiny she said, in a low, hard tone:
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
sitting-room
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
solid
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
spent
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From this reading "You have spent the evening with Miss Jocelyn again."
square
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
stairway
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
strong
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
then
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
There
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
thoroughfare's
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
tone
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From this reading After a moment's scrutiny she said, in a low, hard tone:
up
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From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
Vinton
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
walk
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From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Vinton Arnold's walk down Fifth Avenue was so rapid as to indicate strong perturbation.
wealth
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From this reading At last he entered a large house of square, heavy architecture, a creation evidently of solid wealth in the earlier days of the thoroughfare's history.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something in his step as he crossed the marble hall to the hat-rack and then went up the stairway that caused his mother to pass quickly from her sitting-room that she might intercept him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You have spent the evening with Miss Jocelyn again."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You have spent the evening with Miss Jocelyn again."
