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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 A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
air
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From this reading Fortunately it was a bright and comfortable morning and the air was soft.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
Arch
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
arrival
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
astonishingly
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
beautiful
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
Berkeley
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
bluish
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
bright
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From this reading Fortunately it was a bright and comfortable morning and the air was soft.
Brook
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
Carlton
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
certainly
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
city
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
cleanly
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
clear
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From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
comfortable
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From this reading Fortunately it was a bright and comfortable morning and the air was soft.
confess
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
count
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
crowded
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From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
days
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
dignified
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
faint
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
few
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
Fortunately
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From this reading Fortunately it was a bright and comfortable morning and the air was soft.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
GLIMPSE
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
Grosvenor
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
haze
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
Hotel
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
Hyde
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
imposing
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
impressed
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
Lane
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
LONDON
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
manage
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From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
Marble
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
much
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
neighborhood
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
night
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
ordered
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
other
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
Paddington
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
Park
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
Piccadilly
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
railway
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
Regent
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
saw
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
sense
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From this reading I had a sense of great life but not of crowded life, if I manage to make myself clear by that.
smelled
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
smoke
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
smoky
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
soft
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From this reading Fortunately it was a bright and comfortable morning and the air was soft.
spacious
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
Square
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
Street
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
streets
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
terminus
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From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
There
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From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
viaprepositionUS /ˈvaɪə/
by way of; passing through
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
well
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From this reading I could not help thinking on this first morning, as we passed from Paddington, via Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Park Lane, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Berkeley Square, Piccadilly and other streets to Regent Street and the neighborhood of the Carlton Hotel, that it was beautiful, spacious, cleanly, dignified and well ordered, but not astonishingly imposing.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GLIMPSE OF LONDON After a few days I went to London for the first time--I do not count the night of my arrival, for I saw nothing but the railway terminus--and, I confess, I was not impressed as much as I might have been.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a faint bluish haze over the city, which I took to be smoke; and certainly it smelled as though it were smoky.
