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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 All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
add
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
All
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
any
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
bluggy
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From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
Canningtown
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
condition
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From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
conversation
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
curious
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From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
days
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
depraved
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
depressed
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
described
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From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
desire
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
doleful
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
drabby
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
EAST
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
END
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
expected
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From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
extreme
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
grim
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
heard
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
interesting
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
John
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
just
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
like
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From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
lived
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
LONDON
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
Masefield
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
more
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
narrated
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
once
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
particular
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
people
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From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
physical
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From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
poet
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
rightly
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
say
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From this reading “Nothing like the East End of London,” I have heard people say, and before I left I expected to look over it, of course.
sea
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
section
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From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
sorry
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
spent
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
stagnant
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From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
talked
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From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All my life I had heard of this particular section as grim, doleful, a center and sea of depraved and depressed life.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
two
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From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading LONDON; THE EAST END As interesting as any days that I spent in London were two in the East End, though I am sorry to add more drabby details to those just narrated.
whetted
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From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had talked of the curious physical condition of the people which he described as “bluggy” or stagnant.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading My desire to do so was whetted by a conversation I had with the poet, John Masefield, who, if I remember rightly, had once lived in the extreme East End of London, Canningtown.
