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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 A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
all
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
atoms
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bedraggled
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
beings
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
bent
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
broad
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
calling
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
came
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
cavernous
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
chair
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
chilled
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
city
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
collecting
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
common
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
crowds
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From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
day
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
demons
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
district
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
driven
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From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
drizzling
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From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
events
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
excitement
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
exultation
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
facing
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
fanciedly
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
farther
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
fearful
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
Frances
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
gaiety
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
gloomy
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
gold
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
happenings
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
human
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
ill-natured
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
imagined
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
known
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
labouring
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
laughter
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
library
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
listened
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
literally
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
London
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
meditating
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
mob
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
murky
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
note
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
now
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
off
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
other
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
outrage
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
palaces
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
paved
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
peopled
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
rain
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From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
reality
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
roar
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
sat
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
saw
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
set
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From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
small
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
some
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
sort
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
sound
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
spite
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
squalid
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
strange
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
streets
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From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
taking
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A ‘drizzling rain had set in and had driven the crowds from the streets.
there
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
threatening
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
town
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
tranquil
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
waned
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From this reading As the day waned, she saw that in spite of the rain the mob was collecting again, its atoms running hither and thither, calling to each other; bedraggled beings labouring under some common excitement.
warren
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From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
wave
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From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And now its roar came to her again, farther off than before,--a roar that chilled her while she listened, and the wave of sound this time seemed to have a fearful note of exultation in it.
window
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From this reading Frances drew a chair to the window of the library and sat there meditating on the strange events in which she was taking some small part, so different from the tranquil happenings of the district she had known all her life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had imagined London a city of palaces facing broad streets, fanciedly, if not literally, paved with gold; a town of gaiety and laughter: and here was the reality, a cavernous, squalid, gloomy, human warren, peopled with murky demons bent on outrage of some sort, ill-natured and threatening.
