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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 night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At five minutes after the hour, there was a flickering and then there were only forty-nine.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
apartment
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
autumn
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading By eleven o'clock, the eyes had been cut down to forty-six.
box-like
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
Bristol
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By eleven o'clock, the eyes had been cut down to forty-six.
chill
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
church
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
city
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
clock
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
clouds
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
corner
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
cut
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deepen
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
down
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eleven
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eyes
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
fifty
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
five
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From this reading At five minutes after the hour, there was a flickering and then there were only forty-nine.
flickering
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fog
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
forty-nine
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forty-six
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From this reading By eleven o'clock, the eyes had been cut down to forty-six.
gloom
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
growing
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By eleven o'clock, the eyes had been cut down to forty-six.
hour
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
hush
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
lay
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
machine
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
mantling
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
minutes
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From this reading At five minutes after the hour, there was a flickering and then there were only forty-nine.
muffled
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
night
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
o'clock
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From this reading By eleven o'clock, the eyes had been cut down to forty-six.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
only
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quietly
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
red
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
Regent
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
rolled
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
sat
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
small
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
somberly
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
staring
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
started
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
steeples
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
street
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
streets
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From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
striking
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
ten
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
then
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From this reading At five minutes after the hour, there was a flickering and then there were only forty-nine.
there
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From this reading At five minutes after the hour, there was a flickering and then there were only forty-nine.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The hush of a chill autumn night lay across the city, mantling the fog that started to deepen in the city streets.
unwinking
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From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
voice
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From this reading The night clouds rolled across the steeples of Bristol and the muffled voice of a church clock somberly rolled across the city, striking the hour of ten.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At five minutes after the hour, there was a flickering and then there were only forty-nine.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At five minutes after the hour, there was a flickering and then there were only forty-nine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In a small apartment on Regent street, a box-like machine sat quietly in a corner, staring at the growing gloom with fifty red, unwinking eyes.
