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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 VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
almost
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
bare
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
blackness
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
bounded
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From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
coastline
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
coming
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
crowd
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From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
crude
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
distance
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
experienced
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
faint
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
fainter
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
fog
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
given
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
gripped
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From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
heart
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From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
lay
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From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
London
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From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
mist
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From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
near
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
others
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
out
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From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
pall
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From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
physical
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
platform
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From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
rose
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From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
rumble
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From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
scene
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From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
shapes
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
shock
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From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
shrank
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From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
signals
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
some
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
stairs
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
station
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From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
stepped
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From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Not even the first faint coming of the coastline had given her the almost physical shock that she experienced on this bare platform.
thousand
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
thrust
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
ungainly
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From this reading Through the fog a thousand ungainly shapes of stairs and signals thrust themselves, some crude in their near blackness, others fainter in the distance.
uproar
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From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
VICTORIA
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From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
voices
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From this reading It might have been a dream scene but for the uproar that rose around her from the rumble of London, the voices of a great crowd.
Waterloo
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From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
wrenched
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From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
yellow
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From this reading Waterloo station lay around her in a pall of faint yellow mist that gripped and wrenched at her throat.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading VICTORIA stepped out on to the platform with a heart that bounded and yet shrank.
