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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 Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
ALIVE
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
all
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
angle
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
away
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
bright
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From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
catch
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
charge
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
corner
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
court
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
delivering
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
distinctness
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
dock
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
eager
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From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
ear
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
enable
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
eyes
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From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
faces
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
FaginnounUS /ˈfeɪɡɪn/
a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens
From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
FAGIN'S
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
fell
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
firmament
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From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
fixed
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
floor
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
galleries
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
gleaming
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From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
greater
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
hand
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
head
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
held
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
human
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
inch
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From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
Inquisitive
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From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
judge
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
jury
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
light
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
living
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
looks
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
man
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
NIGHT
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
other
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
paved
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
peered
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From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
presiding
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
rail
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
roof
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From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
sharpest
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
slab
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
smallest
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From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
space
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From this reading Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space.
stand
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From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
surrounded
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From this reading Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
there
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
thrust
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one man—Fagin.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces.
wooden
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
word
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From this reading He stood there, in all this glare of living light, with one hand resting on the wooden slab before him, the other held to his ear, and his head thrust forward to enable him to catch with greater distinctness every word that fell from the presiding judge, who was delivering his charge to the jury.
