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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 It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
accompanied
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
amuse
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
bouquet
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From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
brushed
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From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
cage
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
came
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
colour
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
commentarynounUS /ˈkɑməntəri/
spoken or written explanation or opinion about events
From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
daisy
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From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
divinations
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
double
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
exclusively
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
experience
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
extension
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
facts
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
faster
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
fed
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
figures
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
flushed
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
further
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
glimpses
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
grew
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
hardening
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
heart
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
heightened
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
how
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
lead
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
less
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
lived
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
London
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
mainly
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
more
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
most
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
nose
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From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
observer
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From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
panorama
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
period
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
picture
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
pluck
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From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
pressure
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
prodigious
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
queer
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From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
really
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From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
stretch
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
there
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
torrent
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
turned
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
view
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was neither more nor less than the queer extension of her experience, the double life that, in the cage, she grew at last to lead.
weeks
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
whiffs
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
witness
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From this reading What it mainly came to at this period was a picture of how London could amuse itself; and that, with the running commentary of a witness so exclusively a witness, turned for the most part to a hardening of the heart.
wondrousadjectiveUS /ˈwʌndrəs/
strange, beautiful, and impressive
From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
work
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
world
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From this reading As the weeks went on there she lived more and more into the world of whiffs and glimpses, she found her divinations work faster and stretch further.
world-music
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From this reading It was a prodigious view as the pressure heightened, a panorama fed with facts and figures, flushed with a torrent of colour and accompanied with wondrous world-music.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The nose of this observer was brushed by the bouquet, yet she could never really pluck even a daisy.
