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1890
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
absolute
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
afterwards
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
air
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
all
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
arriving
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
attached
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
bitter
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
blizzard
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
BREAK
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
chance
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
cheerful
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
close
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
cold
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
cosy
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
crowded
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
cutting
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
darkness
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
day
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
deadly
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
Death
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
Decision
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
deep
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
drift
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
electric
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
flakes
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
forth
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
gloomy
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
got
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
GREATnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
Holmes
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
hotel
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
hour
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
lights
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
more
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
night
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
Norwood
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
ominous
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
out
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
reception
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
Refugees
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
Reported
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
restaurant
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
set
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
shining
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
silver
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
sky
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
snow
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From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
snowed
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
Specialist
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
station
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
Street
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
surroundings
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
threw
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From this reading As we looked from the station the electric lights threw out the shining silver drift of snow flakes against the absolute darkness of the sky.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
tobacco-laden
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
trek
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We got through all right, however, and found ourselves in Vienna, arriving on a deadly cold night, with deep snow under foot and a cutting blizzard in the air.
up
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
Vienna
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
view
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
warm
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From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was a gloomy, ominous reception, but half an hour afterwards when we were in the warm cosy crowded tobacco-laden restaurant attached to our hotel we took a more cheerful view of our surroundings.
Wimpole
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From this reading THE GREAT BREAK Vienna--A Specialist in Wimpole Street--The Great Decision--Norwood--“The Refugees”--Reported Death of Holmes.
winter
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From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We set forth upon a bitter winter day at the close of 1890 with every chance of being snowed up on our long trek.
