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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 That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
any
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From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
avail
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
bachelor's
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
balm
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before the night was over I was there physically, too.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
brilliancy
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
Camford
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
Cerulean
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
clear
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From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
comic
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
coming
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
diverting
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
down
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
entertainment
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
go
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From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
hall
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
Haymarket
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From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
high-water
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
house
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
idea
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From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
latest
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
mark
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
meant
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From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
music
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
night
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
o'clock
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
other
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
out
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Before the night was over I was there physically, too.
physically
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From this reading Before the night was over I was there physically, too.
present
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
reached
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
rendering
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
side
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
songs
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
spirit
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
stairs
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
Street
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From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
strolled
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From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
supposed
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
ten
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
there
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From this reading Before the night was over I was there physically, too.
things
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
too
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From this reading Before the night was over I was there physically, too.
turn
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
vocal
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
walked
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From this reading As the ten o’clock “turn” was coming on, and the brilliancy of the entertainment was supposed to have reached high-water mark, I walked down the stairs of the Cerulean and out into the street.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That bachelor’s balm, a night at a music hall, was of no avail in diverting my mind from the house in Camford Street.
water
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From this reading In the body I might be present at a vocal rendering of the latest things in comic songs; in the spirit I was the other side of the water.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I strolled down the Haymarket without any clear idea of where I meant to go.
