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You Never Can Tell
You Never Can Tell

Chapter I

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In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.
Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.
The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.
If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.
Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

You Never Can Tell

Chapter I

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.
Line 2
Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.
Line 3
The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.
Line 4
If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.
Line 5
Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Beside preposition US /bɪˈsaɪd/

next to; at the side of

From this reading “The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.”

Fine noun US /fine/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.”

Half noun US /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.”

Left noun US /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.”

Look noun US /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.”

Stand noun US /stand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.”

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1896

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From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

August

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From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

bench

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/

next to; at the side of

From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

best

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

black

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

C

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

centre

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From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

chair

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From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

chimneypiece

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

corner

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

corners

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From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

covered

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

cylinder

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From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

den

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

dentist's

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From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

diploma

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

door

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

easy

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

exaggerated

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

fashionable

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

finenounUS /fine/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

fireplace

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

frame

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

front

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

furnished

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

gas

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From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

halfnounUS /half/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

hearth

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

hung

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

leather

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

leftnounUS /left/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

lights

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

like

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

lodging

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

London

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

looknounUS /look/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

M

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

machine

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

middle

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

mortar

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

Near

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

neat

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

NotadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

operating

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From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

opposite

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

pedal

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

pestle

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

place

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

provided

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

pump

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From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

R

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

room

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From this reading In a dentist's operating room on a fine August morning in 1896.

S

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

sea

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

see

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

sitting

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

slender

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

stand

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

stands

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

stool

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

terrace

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

tiny

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

tools

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

usual

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

vice

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

wall

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

watering

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From this reading Not the usual tiny London den, but the best sitting room of a furnished lodging in a terrace on the sea front at a fashionable watering place.

way

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From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

whip

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

winch

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From this reading Near this bench stands a slender machine like a whip provided with a stand, a pedal, and an exaggerated winch.

window

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From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The operating chair, with a gas pump and cylinder beside it, is half way between the centre of the room and one of the corners.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading If you look into the room through the window which lights it, you will see the fireplace in the middle of the wall opposite you, with the door beside it to your left; an M.R.C.S. diploma in a frame hung on the chimneypiece; an easy chair covered in black leather on the hearth; a neat stool and bench, with vice, tools, and a mortar and pestle in the corner to the right.