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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 MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
all
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From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
apartment
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
attic
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From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
Beautiful
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
become
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
bedroom
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From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
belonged
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
bijou
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From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
character
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
converted
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From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
corner
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
cottage
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From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
delighted
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
discontented
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
filled
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
five
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From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
friends
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
furnished
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
hand
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
house
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From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
imagined
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From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
Jermyn
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From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
knick-knacks
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
luxurious
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
made
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
man
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From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
man-cook
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From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
mansions
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
miniature
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
most
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
museum
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
neatness
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
other
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
own
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
perfect
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From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
possibly
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From this reading Even the attic, which had been converted into my bedroom, was the most perfect little bijou attic that could possibly be imagined.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
requires
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From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
rooms
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From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
said
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From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
small
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From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
Street
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From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
sumptuous
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
tiny
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From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
uncle's
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From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
valuable
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
virtuoso
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From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MY uncle’s house in Jermyn Street was quite a small one—five rooms and an attic.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
wise
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From this reading “A man-cook and a cottage,” he said, “are all that a wise man requires.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the other hand, it was furnished with the neatness and taste which belonged to his character, so that his most luxurious friends found something in the tiny rooms which made them discontented with their own sumptuous mansions.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Beautiful and valuable knick-knacks filled every corner of every apartment, and the house had become a perfect miniature museum which would have delighted a virtuoso.
