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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 Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
appear
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
automobile
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From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
balcony
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
box
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
boxes
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From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
Charlie
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From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
city
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
dinner
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
else
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
galleries
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From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
General
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
gorgeous
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
half-past
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
home
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From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
horseshoe
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
hundred
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
invited
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
jewellery
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
miss
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From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
Monday
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From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
Montague
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
more
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From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
most
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
night
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From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
nine
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
nowhere
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
o'clock
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
opened
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
opening
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From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
Opera
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From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
others
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From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
people
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
Prentice
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
raiment
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
richest
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
seated
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
seen
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
several
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
shape
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
share
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
show
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
Society
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
there
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
thousand
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From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
three
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From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
tier
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From this reading There was another tier of boxes above, and three galleries above that, and a thousand or more people seated and standing below him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
town-house
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
train
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From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
wait
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From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They could not wait for Charlie and his automobile, because Monday was the opening night of the Opera, and no one could miss that.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
wife
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From this reading General Prentice and his wife had opened their town-house, and had invited them to dinner and to share their box; and so at about half-past nine o’clock Montague found himself seated in a great balcony of the shape of a horseshoe, with several hundred of the richest people in the city.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the morning they went home with others of the party by train.
world
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From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Here Society would appear in its most gorgeous raiment, and, there would be a show of jewellery such as could be seen nowhere else in the world.
