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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 cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
afforded
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
aggravated
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
all
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
any
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
appeared
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
blowing
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
brighter
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
cheerless
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
closely
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
clouds
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
collected
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
coming
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
day
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
dreary
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
dull
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
empty
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
EXPEDITION
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From this reading THE EXPEDITION.
faint
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
glimmering
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
gloom
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
got
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
hard
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
houses
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
housetops
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
kennels
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
large
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
light
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
looking
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
night
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
noiseless
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
only
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
overflowing
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
pale
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
pools
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
quarter
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
raining
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
rather
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
road
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
scene
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
serving
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
shedding
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
shut
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
sky
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
sombre
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
stirring
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
stormy
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
street
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From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
street-lamps
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
streets
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EXPEDITION.
There
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
tints
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
town
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
very
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
warmer
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From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
water
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
wet
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From this reading The night had been very wet, for large pools of water had collected in the road and the kennels were overflowing.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading IT was a cheerless morning when they got into the street, blowing and raining hard, and the clouds looking dull and stormy.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
windows
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From this reading There appeared to be nobody stirring in that quarter of the town, for the windows of the houses were all closely shut, and the streets through which they passed were noiseless and empty.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading There was a faint glimmering of the coming day in the sky, but it rather aggravated than relieved the gloom of the scene, the sombre light only serving to pale that which the street-lamps afforded, without shedding any warmer or brighter tints upon the wet housetops and dreary streets.
