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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
adequate
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From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
bag
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
brother-in-law
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From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
cabman
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From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
carriage
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
Central
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
chaperone
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
Charing
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
complex
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corner
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From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
Cross
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difficult
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
first-class
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
fleeing
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
flight
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
Folkestone
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
four-wheeler
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
hottest
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From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
immune
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From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
It's
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From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
kept
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From this reading Kipps kept peeping out of the window.
Kipps
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
LABYRINTHODON
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
London
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longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
manner
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From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
multitudinous
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
occasion
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From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Kipps kept peeping out of the window.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
out
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From this reading Kipps kept peeping out of the window.
paid
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From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
palpitating
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
peeping
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From this reading Kipps kept peeping out of the window.
prospective
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From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
pursuits
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From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
rumbling
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
say
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From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
Sec
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
severally
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Sid
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Sid's
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From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
slow
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
social
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
sole
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sort
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From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
Station
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
streets
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swarming
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system
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For he had a sort of feeling that at Sid's he would be immune from the hottest pursuits.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
then
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From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
turned
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From this reading He paid the cabman in a manner adequate to the occasion and turned to his prospective brother-in-law.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
window
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From this reading Kipps kept peeping out of the window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "It's the next corner after this, I believe," he would say.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE LABYRINTHODON Sec.1 You imagine them fleeing through our complex and difficult social system, as it were, for life, first on foot and severally to the Folkestone Central Station; then in a first-class carriage, with Kipps' bag as sole chaperone to Charing Cross, and then in a four-wheeler, a long, rumbling, palpitating, slow flight through the multitudinous swarming London streets to Sid.
