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acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
all
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
any
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From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
appointed
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From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
aslant
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
bars
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From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
Black
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
bright
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
church
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
city
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
clashed
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
day
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From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
dilapidated
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From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
Dorrit
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
early-glowing
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
Far
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
gate
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From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
gateway
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From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
gold
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
house
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From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
iron
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
jumbled
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
low
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From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
lower
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
made
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From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
Marshalsea
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From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
men
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From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
night
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
old
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From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
prison
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
rays
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
roofs
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
stripes
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
sun
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
three
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From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
ThroughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
touched
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From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
towers
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
tracery
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
turned
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From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
untroubled
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From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
visitors
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From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
week
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From this reading The last day of the appointed week touched the bars of the Marshalsea gate.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Black, all night, since the gate had clashed upon Little Dorrit, its iron stripes were turned by the early-glowing sun into stripes of gold.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But, when the sun was low, three men turned in at the gateway and made for the dilapidated house.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Throughout the day the old house within the gateway remained untroubled by any visitors.
world
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From this reading Far aslant across the city, over its jumbled roofs, and through the open tracery of its church towers, struck the long bright rays, bars of the prison of this lower world.
