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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 Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
air
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
anniversary
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From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
Antrim
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
arm
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From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
arrested
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
brown
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
busy
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
close
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day
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diamonds
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
dingy
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dull
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effect
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
emotion
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From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
enough
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
eve
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feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
flashes
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
gathered
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
grin
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
happened
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From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
high
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
home
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
how
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
instant
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
jeweller
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
joy
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
kept
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
knew
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knowing
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
lady
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From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
laugh
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
lighted
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
like
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
lingered
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
London
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
longer
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
Mary
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
mercenary
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mere
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
more
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
most
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
much
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
mumbling
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From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
neck
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
notes
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
old
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From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
other
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
pane
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
particular
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
pearls
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
pedestrians
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
persons
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
range
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From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
sapphires
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
several
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
shop-front
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
side
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
sound
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
staring
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
Stransom
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
street
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
string
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
suspend
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
then
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
unconnected
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From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
vision
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
voice
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
Walking
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From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Walking home at the close of a busy day he was arrested in the London street by the particular effect of a shop-front that lighted the dull brown air with its mercenary grin and before which several persons were gathered.
white
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From this reading Stransom lingered long enough to suspend, in a vision, a string of pearls about the white neck of Mary Antrim, and then was kept an instant longer by the sound of a voice he knew.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
window
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
woman
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From this reading Next him was a mumbling old woman, and beyond the old woman a gentleman with a lady on his arm.
worth
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From this reading It was the window of a jeweller whose diamonds and sapphires seemed to laugh, in flashes like high notes of sound, with the mere joy of knowing how much more they were “worth” than most of the dingy pedestrians staring at them from the other side of the pane.
year
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From this reading He had this year, on the eve of his anniversary, as happened, an emotion not unconnected with that range of feeling.
