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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 Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading |BY and by Atlanta was reached.
Atlanta
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From this reading |BY and by Atlanta was reached.
babble
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From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
bell
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
big
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bordered
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bridges
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading |BY and by Atlanta was reached.
cabman
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
calls
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From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
car
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From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
clanging
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
concrete
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From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
crept
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
currentnounUS /ˈcurrent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
depot
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
din
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ears
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escaping
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From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
factories
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
Formerly
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
furnaces
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
got
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
greeted
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grimy
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
Hoag
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From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
hotel
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
human
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From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
iron
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
joined
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From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
jostling
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From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
jumble
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From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
negro
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
pavement
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From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
planing-mills
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
reached
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From this reading |BY and by Atlanta was reached.
ridden
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
seductive
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seeing
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sight
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
signaling
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
Slowly
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
smile
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
soon
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From this reading Hoag left the car, joined the jostling human current on the concrete pavement, and was soon in the street outside.
sooty
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
steam
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From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
street
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
switch-yards
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
train
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
train-porters
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From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
trolley-car
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
usual
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From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
voices
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From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
warehouses
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From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |BY and by Atlanta was reached.
wave
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here his ears were greeted with the usual jumble, din, and babble of voices, the escaping of steam, the calls of train-porters.
whip
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From this reading Formerly he had ridden to his hotel in a trolley-car, but none was in sight, and seeing a negro cabman signaling to him with a smile and a seductive wave of his whip he went forward and got in.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Slowly and with a clanging bell the train crept into the grimy switch-yards bordered by sooty iron furnaces, factories, warehouses, planing-mills, and under street bridges and on into the big depot.
