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1st
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
abstruse
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
aid
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
air
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
all
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
brightly
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
changes
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
cheerfulness
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
city
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
clock
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From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
Cobb
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
Cobb's
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From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
CraftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
December
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
depression
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
down
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
embers
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
evening
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
few
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
fire
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
flooding
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
floor
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
former
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
friends
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
glowed
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
grate
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
grounds
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
heat
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
jerky
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
just
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From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
lights
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
mantel
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From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
night
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
occupants
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
old-fashioned
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From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
pervade
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
place
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
poured
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
Presidio
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
problem
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
quick
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
rain
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
room
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
sat
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
saw
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
Seven
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From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
shone
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
silently
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
solve
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
some
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
streets
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Seven had just struck from the little, old-fashioned clock on Cobb's mantel.
taken
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
there
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From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
torrents
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From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
trying
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
walked
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the night of December 1st, and torrents of rain poured down, flooding the streets of the city and the grounds of the Presidio.
watching
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From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But few changes had taken place in that room since the last evening we saw our friends there.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Cobb walked the floor with a quick and jerky step, while Craft sat silently watching the embers in the grate, as if trying to solve some abstruse problem by their aid.
whole
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From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The lights shone just as brightly, and the fire in the grate glowed with all its former heat and cheerfulness, yet an air of depression seemed to pervade the whole room and its occupants.
