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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 The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
abundant
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
ago
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
all
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
back
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
blackenedadjectiveUS /ˈblækənd/
made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
Bookcases
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
bronzes
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
burned
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From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
chair
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
chamber
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From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
contained
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From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
continuous
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From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
convenient
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
crackling
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From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
crisp
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
day
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
dull
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From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
easy-chairs
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
escritoires
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extinct
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From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
faded
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
fire
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From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
flaming
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From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
fourteen
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
furnished
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gilding
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
glow
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From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
hangings
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
high
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
impress
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From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
large
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
leathern
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
less
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
light
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
lighting
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
man
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
mansions
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
Mayfair
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
more
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
morning-room
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
nearly
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
new
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
October
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
old
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
pictures
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
portfolios
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print-stands
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
reading-tables
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
rich
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
sat
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
side
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From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
signs
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
somewhat
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
stamped
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From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
stately
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
study
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
sunlight
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
there
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On one side of this fire, his back to the light, in a high leathern chair, sat an old man.
tokens
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
up
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
very
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From this reading The very fire burned with a dull, continuous glow, neither flaming nor crackling.
vitality
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From this reading An impress of extinct vitality was stamped upon the chamber and all it contained.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
wealth
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
well-filled
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From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bookcases and escritoires, writing-tables and reading-tables more or less convenient, easy-chairs, print-stands furnished with well-filled portfolios, pictures, bronzes, all the signs and tokens of wealth, were there, but nothing new.
writing-tables
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years
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
yellow
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From this reading The yellow sunlight of a crisp October day was lighting up the faded though rich hangings, and the abundant but somewhat blackened gilding, of a large study or morning-room in one of the stately mansions of Mayfair, nearly fourteen years ago.
