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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 It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
alley
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
back-street
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
blank
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
casual
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
cellar-like
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
clerk
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
close
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
complexion
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
Da
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
disgustnounUS /dɪsˈɡʌst/
a strong feeling of dislike or sickness caused by something unpleasant
From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
door
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
dressed
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
environment
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
exhilarating
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
eyes
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
face
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
faced
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
flashily
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
furnished
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
green-grocer's
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
honour
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
idea
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
immediate
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
impressing
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
located
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
Lothbury
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
mingled
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From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
more
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
off
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
office
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
public-house
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
pushed
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
sallow
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
set
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
shabbily
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
shared
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
shop
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
some
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From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
Souza's
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
stone's
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
surprise
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From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
surroundings
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
swing
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
throw
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From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
together
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
Trent
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From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
unkempt
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
visit
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From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
visitors
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From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
wall
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From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Trent, whose first visit it was, looked about him with surprise mingled with some disgust.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Da Souza's office was neither furnished nor located with the idea of impressing casual visitors.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading It was in a back-street off an alley, and although within a stone's throw of Lothbury its immediate surroundings were not exhilarating.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A blank wall faced it, a green-grocer's shop shared with a wonderful, cellar-like public-house the honour of its more immediate environment.
youth
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From this reading He pushed open the swing door and found himself face to face with Da Souza's one clerk--a youth of unkempt appearance, shabbily but flashily dressed, with sallow complexion and eyes set close together.
