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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 He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
afterwards
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
Alfred
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From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
almost
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From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
appreciation
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
attention
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became
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From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
bread
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
Burton
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From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
BURTON'S
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From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
butter
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
day
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From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
delighted
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delightful
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From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
depressed
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From this reading Towards evening he grew depressed.
devoted
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
ecstatic
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
Ellen
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From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
especial
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
evening
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fashion
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flower-beds
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
fruit
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
gardens
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
gingerbread
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From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
grew
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From this reading Towards evening he grew depressed.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
hours
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
Kensington
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
like
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From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
lilac
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
lunched
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
Memorial
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memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
most
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From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
Museum
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
NEW
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From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
nightmarenounUS /ˈnaɪt.mɛr/
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
off
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
out
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
paying
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
section
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
several
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
small
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
some
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
South
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
spent
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From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
tea
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BURTON'S NEW LIFE Burton spent the rest of the day in most delightful fashion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Towards evening he grew depressed.
treasures
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
trees
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
Tube
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From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
villa
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From this reading The memory of Ellen, of little Alfred, and his gingerbread villa, became almost like a nightmare to him.
wandering
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From this reading He lunched off some fruit and tea and bread and butter out in the gardens, wandering about afterwards among the flower-beds and paying especial and delighted attention to the lilac trees beyond the Memorial.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He took the Tube to South Kensington Museum, where he devoted himself for several hours to the ecstatic appreciation of a small section of its treasures.
