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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 He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He looked around.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
Bates
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From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
big
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
building
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From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
city
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
clock
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
ExpressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
flash
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From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
front
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
hour
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
hours
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
idea
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From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
Immediately
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From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
jewellery
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
lighted
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
lost
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From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
Montague
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From this reading Montague started to walk.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
office
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From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
park
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
pointing
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
recognised
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From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
spent
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
started
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From this reading Montague started to walk.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
store
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
street
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From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
streets
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
thoroughfare
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Montague started to walk.
two
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
walk
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From this reading Montague started to walk.
wandering
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From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He must have spent a couple of hours wandering about the park and the streets of the city; when at last he stopped and looked about him, he was on a lighted thoroughfare, and a big clock in front of a jewellery store was pointing to the hour of two.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Immediately across the street was a building which he recognised as the office of the Express; and in a flash he thought of Bates.
whirl
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From this reading He had no idea where he went; his mind was in a whirl, and he was lost to everything about him.
