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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 Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to darken and lighten again in the vicissitudes of the gusts.
All
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From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
back
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
blown
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
bucketfuls
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From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
city
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From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
darken
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From this reading It seemed to darken and lighten again in the vicissitudes of the gusts.
darkness
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
door
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
ears
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From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
end
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
flushed
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From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
gusts
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From this reading It seemed to darken and lighten again in the vicissitudes of the gusts.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
hunted
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From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to darken and lighten again in the vicissitudes of the gusts.
lamps
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
led
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From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
lighten
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From this reading It seemed to darken and lighten again in the vicissitudes of the gusts.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
lull
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
nearly
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
neighbouring
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From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
Now
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
ocean
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From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
out
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
parting
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
pavements
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
Princes
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From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
rain
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From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
re-multiply
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
revive
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
Rowley
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
salt
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From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
say
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
screamed
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From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to darken and lighten again in the vicissitudes of the gusts.
shine
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
shout
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
sparingly
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
squall
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
Street
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From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
tasted
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From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
thoroughfare
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seemed to darken and lighten again in the vicissitudes of the gusts.
unbridled
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
vicissitudes
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From this reading It seemed to darken and lighten again in the vicissitudes of the gusts.
violence
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
visible
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
way
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From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
wet
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From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the way along Princes Street (whither my way led) the wind hunted me behind and screamed in my ears.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The city was flushed with bucketfuls of rain that tasted salt from the neighbouring ocean.
words
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From this reading At the door I was nearly blown back by the unbridled violence of the squall, and Rowley and I must shout our parting words.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now you would say the lamps had been blown out from end to end of the long thoroughfare; now, in a lull, they would revive, re-multiply, shine again on the wet pavements, and make darkness sparingly visible.
