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4
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From this reading 4 Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
absent
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
all
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
bars
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
blazing
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
Bouverie
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From this reading 4 Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
bright-coloured
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
C
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From this reading 4 Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
carpet
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
children
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
chin
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
comfort
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
cosiness
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
darkening
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
dull
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From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
E
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From this reading 4 Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
faces
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
fast
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
fastened
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
fire
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
Five
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
flickering
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
four
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From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
fresh
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
gathered
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
gazing
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
girls
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
grey
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From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
infancy
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
just
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From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
large
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
lights
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
London
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From this reading 4 Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
lower
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
nurse
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
nursery
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
o'clock
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From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
old
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
out
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
picture
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
pictures
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
present
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
room
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
square
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
steadily
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
Street
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From this reading 4 Bouverie Street, London, E.C.
Stuarts
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
there
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
threw
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
up
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From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
walls
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
warm
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From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Five of them there were, and they were alone, for the old nurse who had brought them all up from their infancy was at present absent from the room.
window
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
windows
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From this reading By one of the large square windows stood one of the little girls; she was gazing steadily out into the fast darkening street below, her chin resting on one of the bars that were fastened across the lower part of the window.
winter
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From this reading 4 It was just four o'clock on a dull grey winter afternoon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The little Stuarts' nursery looked the picture of cosiness and comfort with the blazing fire that threw flickering lights over the bright-coloured pictures on the walls, the warm carpet under foot, and the fair fresh faces of the children gathered there.
