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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 Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
all
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
alley
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
almost
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
barred
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From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
bell
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
bells
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
bolted
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From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
brick-and-mortar
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
church
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
city
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
clear
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
close
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From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
condemned
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
cracked
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
dead-carts
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
degrees
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
despondency
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
dire
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
dissonance
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
doleful
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
down
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
echoes
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
evening
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From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
fast
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
flat
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
furnish
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From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
garb
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
gloomy
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From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
going
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
hideous
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
jerking
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
London
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From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
Maddening
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
made
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
Melancholy
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
out
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
overworked
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From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
penitential
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
people
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
Plague
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
possibility
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From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
round
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
sharp
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
slow
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From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
some
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
soot
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
souls
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
stale
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From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
steeped
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
streets
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
Sunday
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From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick-and-mortar echoes hideous.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
thoroughfare
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
throbbing
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
tolling
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
turning
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
up
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From this reading In every thoroughfare, up almost every alley, and down almost every turning, some doleful bell was throbbing, jerking, tolling, as if the Plague were in the city and the dead-carts were going round.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a Sunday evening in London, gloomy, close, and stale.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
windows
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From this reading Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
