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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 waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
bare
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
barred
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
benches
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
comfortless
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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
court
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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
dirty
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
door
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
eagerly
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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
empty
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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
end
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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
entering
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filthy
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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
floor
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
grim
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
high
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
incessantly
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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
just
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From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.
kept
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
leading
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
Lomaque
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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
outer
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
pavement
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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
perfectly
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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
place
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
retreat
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From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
revolutionary
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
round
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
sentinels
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
slowly
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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
Solitude
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From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.
stone
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
street
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
talking
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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
then
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From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On entering this comfortless retreat from the court, Lomaque found it perfectly empty.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.
tribunal
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
two
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
waiting-room
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
walking
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From this reading He remained in the waiting-room, walking slowly from end to end over the filthy pavement, talking eagerly and incessantly to himself.
walls
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From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
watch
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
welcome
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From this reading Solitude was just then welcome to him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
windows
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From this reading The windows were high and barred; and at the outer door, leading into the street, two sentinels kept watch.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The waiting-room of the revolutionary tribunal was a grim, bare place, with a dirty stone floor, and benches running round the walls.
