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4
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
65
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
add
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
age
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From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
apartment
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
attractiveness
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AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "Little Maid Marigold," etc.
Bouverie
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY ELEANORA H. STOOKE.
C
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
cheap
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Churchyard
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
Coloured
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
dingy
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
doubtless
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dull
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
E
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
ELEANORA
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From this reading BY ELEANORA H. STOOKE.
eleven
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From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
enhanced
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etc
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "Little Maid Marigold," etc.
floor
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
frame
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furniture
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gilded
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girl
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From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
Groome
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
H
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From this reading BY ELEANORA H. STOOKE.
ill-chosen
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
Illustrations
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUTHOR OF "Little Maid Marigold," etc.
lodging-house
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
London
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
Maid
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "Little Maid Marigold," etc.
mantel-piece
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Marigold
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "Little Maid Marigold," etc.
mirror
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
much-worn
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
November
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
occupant
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From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "Little Maid Marigold," etc.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
ornaments
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pale
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
panes
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
Paul's
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
peeping
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present
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From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
pretentious
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rays
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
RELIGIOUS
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
room
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From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
shabbiness
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
sitting-room
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
SOCIETY
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
sole
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From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
St
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
STOOKE
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From this reading BY ELEANORA H. STOOKE.
Street
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
suburb
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
sunshine
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
supposed
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tarnished
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
TRACT
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
ugly
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
unfashionable
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
W
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From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
wall-paper
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
whole
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
window
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From this reading The pale rays of November sunshine peeping through the window panes enhanced the shabbiness of the apartment with its cheap, much-worn furniture, and ugly wall-paper, its pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilded frame above the mantel-piece, and the ill-chosen ornaments which were doubtless supposed to add attractiveness to the whole.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Coloured Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome London THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard E.C.4 IT was a dull little sitting-room on the third floor of a dingy lodging-house, in an unfashionable London suburb.
years
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From this reading The sole occupant of the room, at present, was a little girl of about eleven years of age.
