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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 Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
all-pervading
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
away
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
band
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
beak
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
black
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
bluish
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
breaking
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
carts
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
clattered
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
clicking
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
corner
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
curtains
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From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
defined
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
dining-room
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From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
discoursed
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
doubtfully
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
dying
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
earnest
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
efforts
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
emission
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
encircling
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
Encouraged
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
feathers
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
featureless
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
flat
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
German
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
glittered
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
grass
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
Green
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
hoarfrost
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
houses
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
instruments
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
interposing
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
keep
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
lace
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From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
London
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
loud
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
making
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
meanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
mist
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
murmur
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
music
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
noises
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
opposite
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
out
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
owing
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
parrot
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
preened
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
reproachful
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
seen
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
sharp
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
side
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
slanted
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From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
snapping
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
some
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
sound
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
stems
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
street
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
sunshine
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From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
sweet
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
thereby
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From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
ThinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
tootings
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
Tradesmen's
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
trees
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
trombone
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
trot
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
twenty
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
up
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From this reading Tradesmen's carts clattered by at a sharp trot, the defined sound of them breaking up the all-pervading murmur of London, and dying out into it again as they passed.
veil
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From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The grass of the Green, seen between the black stems of the encircling trees, glittered with hoarfrost, while the houses on the opposite side of it looked flat and featureless owing to the interposing veil of bluish mist.
window
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From this reading Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Encouraged thereby, the parrot preened its feathers, making little snapping and clicking noises meanwhile with its tongue and beak.
work
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
yards
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From this reading At the street corner, some twenty yards away, a German band discoursed doubtfully sweet music, the trombone making earnest efforts to keep the rest of the instruments up to their work by the emission of loud and reproachful tootings.
