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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 Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
air
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
all
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From this reading It had rained at intervals all day.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
back
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
Betty
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
blackness
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From this reading The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
bridal
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
building
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
canopied
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
car
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
caught
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
church
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
cranny
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
crowd
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
curb
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
curious
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
day
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From this reading It had rained at intervals all day.
earth
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
entrance
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
finery
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
gave
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
gaze
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
glided
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
glimmer
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
gloomed
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had rained at intervals all day.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
intervals
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From this reading It had rained at intervals all day.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had rained at intervals all day.
lights
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
like
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
mesh
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
midst
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
new
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
night
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From this reading The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
November
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From this reading The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
onlookers
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
paint
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
pavements
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
rained
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From this reading It had rained at intervals all day.
rude
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
seeming
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
shadows
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
shone
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
shrank
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
small
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
smoothly
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
stone
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
street
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From this reading The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
up
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
very
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From this reading Betty, alone in the midst of her bridal finery, shrank back from the gaze of the curious onlookers, seeming very small like a thing of the air caught in a mesh of the earth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
way
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From this reading THE crowd gave way and the car glided smoothly up to the curb at the canopied entrance to the church.
wet
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From this reading The blackness of the wet November night was upon the street.
wetly
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From this reading The pavements shone wetly like new paint in the glimmer of the street lights, and rude shadows gloomed in every cranny of the great stone building.
