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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 London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
actually
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
afloat
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From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
attempt
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
breathless
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
calm
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
class
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
devoted
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
dignified
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
ENEMY
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From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
Essex
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
everywhere
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From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
excitement
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From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
extraordinary
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
greater
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
happily
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
hourly
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From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
intelligence
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
invaded
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
kingdom
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London
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
made
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
Monday
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
most
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
multitudes
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
NEWS
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From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
newspapers
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
Norfolk
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
other
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
places
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
plain
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
preserved
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
reigned
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From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
rumours
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From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
seething
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
sensationalism
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
space
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
stream
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From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
Suffolk
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From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
Terror
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From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEWS OF THE ENEMY Terror and excitement reigned everywhere.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On Monday morning the newspapers throughout the kingdom had devoted greater part of their space to the extraordinary intelligence from Norfolk and Suffolk and Essex and other places.
tone
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From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading London was a seething stream of breathless multitudes of every class.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading That we were actually invaded was plain, but most of the newspapers happily preserved a calm, dignified tone, and made no attempt at sensationalism.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
wildest
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From this reading The wildest rumours were hourly afloat.
