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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 The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
all
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
astounding
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From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
brilliant
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
broad
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
ceiling
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
cellar
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
cellars
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
collection
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
conceivable
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
description
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
down
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
dozen
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
electric
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
few
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
forget
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From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
gazed
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
glittered
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
GLITTERING
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From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
guessed
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
Heaped
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
imaginable
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
indeed
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
lamps
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
lit
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
low
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
more
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From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
most
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
now
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From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
once
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From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
originally
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
possibly
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
powerful
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
rays
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
rises
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From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
room
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
scintillated
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
series
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
shades
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
shone
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
spectacle
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From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
stones
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
tables
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even as I think of it now, it rises once more before me.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
tinted
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
trays
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
treasure
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
UNDERWORLD
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From this reading THE GLITTERING UNDERWORLD Never shall I forget that astounding spectacle.
unset
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
up
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From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Now as the brilliant electric rays from a dozen powerful ceiling lamps shone down through their tinted shades, they lit up a collection of treasure such as few indeed can have gazed upon.
very
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From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The room, though low, was very long and very broad; I guessed at once that originally it must have been a cellar, or possibly a series of cellars.
way
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From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Heaped upon trays on tables all about the room were unset precious stones of every conceivable description, which glittered and scintillated in the most wonderful way imaginable.
