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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 It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
all
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
anxious
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
back
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From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
city
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
confusion
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
cosmic
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
customary
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From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
day
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From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
down
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From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
dropped
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From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
eastward
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From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
faces
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
far
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From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
fields
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From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
five
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From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
focus
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
gave
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
hamlet
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From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
Hurrying
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
lies
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From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
lights
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
line
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From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
lost
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
metropolis
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
Number
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From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
outer
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From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
roarednounUS /roared/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
SACKCLOTH
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From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
SPRING
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From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
stepped
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From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
tenants
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
town
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From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
train
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From this reading No one stepped down from the train, and no one took passage on it.
trees
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From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
uneventfulness
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From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
up
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
VALLEY
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From this reading THE SACKCLOTH OF SPRING VALLEY Number five roared eastward through the town that day on time.
vast
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From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
way
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From this reading It was but a little hamlet on the long line of fields and trees that lies along the way of Number Five.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Hurrying on toward the vast confusion of the metropolis, Number Five gave up its tenants to be lost in the cosmic focus of the great city, where all about were the lights and the anxious faces.
world
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From this reading Spring Valley had dropped back into its customary uneventfulness so far as the outer world might tell.
