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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 Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
accompanied
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From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
All
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
Andrew
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From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
bitterlyadverbUS /ˈbɪtərli/
in a way that shows deep pain or grief
From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
bridges
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
Chatelet
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
Chauvelin
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
cold
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From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
crisp
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
dark
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From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
falling
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
Ffoulkes
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From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
flakes
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
glittering
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
grim
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
home
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
hour
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From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
inside
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
lacked
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From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
lay
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
learned
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
like
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
lodgings
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
Marguerite
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From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
minutes
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From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
night
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From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
now
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From this reading They walked on silently now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They walked on silently now.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
parapets
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
prison
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
quay
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From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
rapidly
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From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
room
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
said
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
say
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
silently
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From this reading They walked on silently now.
Sir
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From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
Snow
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
sparse
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
squalid
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
ten
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From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They walked on silently now.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
towers
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From this reading Snow was still falling in sparse, thin flakes, and lay like a crisp and glittering mantle over the parapets of the bridges and the grim towers of the Chatelet prison.
walked
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From this reading Marguerite, accompanied by Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, walked rapidly along the quay.
wanted
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From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It lacked ten minutes to the half hour; the night was dark and bitterly cold.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading All that they had wanted to say to one another had been said inside the squalid room of their lodgings when Sir Andrew Ffoulkes had come home and learned that Chauvelin had been.
