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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 When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There he is again!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
blurred
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Yes, I can see his shadow.
colour
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
curtain
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
darkened
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
dim
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
eager
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
evening
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
face
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
gas-lamps
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
gaunt
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
glimmered
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
gloom
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
gray
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
haloes
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There he is again!
high
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
Holmes
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, I can see his shadow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
light
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
lodging-house
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
London
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
monotone
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
more
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
moving
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
Mrs
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
obscurity
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
only
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
peered
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
room
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
rooms
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
said
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
see
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From this reading "Yes, I can see his shadow.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading "Yes, I can see his shadow.
sharp
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
sitting-room
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
SomeonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
squares
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
There
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From this reading There he is again!
thickened
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
thrust
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
up
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From this reading As we peered from the darkened sitting-room of the lodging-house, one more dim light glimmered high up through the obscurity.
Warren's
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
whisper
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
window-pane
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From this reading "Someone is moving in that room," said Holmes in a whisper, his gaunt and eager face thrust forward to the window-pane.
windows
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
winter
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
yellow
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From this reading When we returned to Mrs. Warren's rooms, the gloom of a London winter evening had thickened into one gray curtain, a dead monotone of colour, broken only by the sharp yellow squares of the windows and the blurred haloes of the gas-lamps.
Yes
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From this reading "Yes, I can see his shadow.
