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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 bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
all
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
another's
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
blasts
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
bleak
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
blindingly
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
Broadway
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
business-men
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
BUTTERBY'S
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From this reading BUTTERBY'S LODGINGS.
buttoned
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
came
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
caps
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
ceaseless
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
chin
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
city
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
cold
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
comets
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
continually
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
dinner
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
down
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
drawn
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
driving
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
dust
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
ebbing
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
elbowed
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
empty
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
encountered
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
eyes
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
flowing
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
frosty
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
furs
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
heels
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
home
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
human
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
jostled
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
ladies
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
like
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
LODGINGS
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From this reading BUTTERBY'S LODGINGS.
March
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
meet
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
Moving
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
noses
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
old
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
overcoats
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
pave
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
piercing
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
pushed
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
rapidly
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
raw
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
rich
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
sea
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
silks
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
spite
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
streets
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
swarm
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
swept
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
thoroughfare
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
thronged
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
toes
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
tore
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
trod
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
up
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
usual
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
velvets
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
walking
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
whirlwinds
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From this reading The bleak blasts of a raw March afternoon swept through the city streets, cold and piercing, driving the dust in whirlwinds blindingly into the eyes of all it encountered.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
woman
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From this reading Moving among the ceaseless sea of human life, continually ebbing and flowing in Broadway, came a young woman, walking rapidly.
wonder
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
young
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From this reading In spite of the cold and the piercing wind, Broadway was not empty--Is Broadway ever empty, I wonder?--and business-men, buttoned up to the chin in overcoats, and with caps drawn over their frosty noses, tore along like comets, to home and dinner; ladies in silks, and velvets, and furs, swarm down the pave to meet them, and young and old, rich and poor, jostled and elbowed, and pushed and trod on one another's heels and toes, as usual in that thronged thoroughfare.
