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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 in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
apartments
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
apparently
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
appeared
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
aprons
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
back
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
balcony
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
bare
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
belonging
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
buildings
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
casting
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
caught
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
chatter
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
city
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
classes
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
coarse
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
cobbled
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
cochère
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
concierge
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
courtyardnounUS /ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd/
an open area surrounded by the walls of a building
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
dirty
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
echoed
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
elbows
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
fiaker
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
first-floor
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
followed
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
followers
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
front
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
fronts
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
glance
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
group
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
guarded
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
guarding
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
hair
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
heads
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
heavy
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
house
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
inhabitants
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
Iván
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
jumped
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
leading
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
leads
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
lodge
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
lodgings
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
Meyer
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
minutes
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
most
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
mostly
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
narrow
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
nudged
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
officer
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
other
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
out
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
overlooked
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
pavement
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
police
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
poorest
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
porte
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
porticoes
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
quarters
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
quick
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
rattle
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
row
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
searching
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
Sergeant
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
sight
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
significantly
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
some
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
squalid
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
square
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
staircase
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
stealing
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
steps
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
stone
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
straight
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
street
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
streets
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
tall
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
ten
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
There
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
two
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
ugly
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
unhesitatingly
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
uniform
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
untidy
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
up
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
very
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
Vienna
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From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
walked
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in a narrow street, in one of the most squalid quarters of Vienna, that the _fiaker_ stopped, after some ten minutes’ rattle over the cobbled streets of the city.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
whole
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From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
wide
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From this reading Sergeant Meyer jumped out, followed by Iván and the other police officer, and casting a quick, searching glance along the apparently deserted street, he walked unhesitatingly under one of the wide porticoes in front of him.
windows
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The house was one of a row of tall buildings, ugly, square, and straight, with a balcony running along outside the first-floor fronts, the whole length of the street, and a wide, open _porte cochère_, leading, through a square courtyard, to the lodgings at the back of the buildings.
women
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From this reading A group of women, with untidy hair and dirty aprons, stopped their chatter and nudged each other significantly with great, coarse, bare elbows, as they caught sight of the police uniform; and one or two heads appeared at some of the windows, as the heavy steps of Sergeant Meyer and his followers echoed on the stone pavement of the courtyard.
worth
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From this reading There was a lodge for the _concierge_ on the right, at the foot of the wide stone staircase that leads up to the front of the house, but no one guarded the apartments that overlooked the courtyard: there was nothing there worth guarding, the inhabitants belonging mostly to the very poorest classes of Vienna, who had nothing worth stealing.
