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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 Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
absolutely
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
all
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
barrier
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
Bridge
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From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
Brooklyn
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From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
buildings
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
city
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From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
conditions
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
cool
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From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
crawled
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
crossing
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From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
day
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
down
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
drawn
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From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
drive
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
earnest
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
Elizabeth
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From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
endless
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
evening
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
flashed
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
footway
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
furs
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From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
glittered
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
grown
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
hive
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
homeward
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
human
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
ignoring
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
inn
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
intangible
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
interminable
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
leisurely
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
line
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
luncheon
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
mercilessly
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
more
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
murky
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
neck
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From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
once
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
overhead
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
passing
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
people
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
purlieus
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
rattling
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
remain
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
shiver
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From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
shone
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
soon
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
sorts
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
streams
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
sunlight
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
sympathetic
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
tall
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
tangled
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
thrown
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
trains
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
turned
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From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
unlovely
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
unpretentious
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
up
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From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
vehicles
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From this reading They crawled along, one of an interminable, tangled line of vehicles of all sorts and conditions, the trains rattling overhead, and endless streams of earnest people passing along the footway.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
waters
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
way
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From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was not until they were crossing Brooklyn Bridge, on their way into the city, that she asked him that question.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All through the day, during the luncheon in an unpretentious little inn, and the leisurely homeward drive, she had been once more entirely herself, pleasant and sympathetic, ignoring absolutely the intangible barrier which had grown up between them, soon to be thrown down for ever or to remain for all time.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
windows
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From this reading Below them, the evening sunlight flashed upon the murky waters, glittered from the windows of the tall buildings, and shone a little mercilessly upon the unlovely purlieus of the great human hive.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The wind had turned cool, and Elizabeth, with a little shiver, had drawn her furs around her neck.
