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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 Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
almost
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From this reading The electric lamps shone with a pale and almost unnatural glow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
automobiles
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From this reading The flashing lights of the automobiles passing up and down were almost whimsically unnecessary.
Avenue
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From this reading Lutchester walked slowly up Fifth Avenue in the direction of his hotel.
back
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
beauty
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From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
broad
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From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
Central
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
developed
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From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
direction
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From this reading Lutchester walked slowly up Fifth Avenue in the direction of his hotel.
down
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electric
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From this reading The electric lamps shone with a pale and almost unnatural glow.
few
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
Fifth
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From this reading Lutchester walked slowly up Fifth Avenue in the direction of his hotel.
find
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
flashing
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From this reading The flashing lights of the automobiles passing up and down were almost whimsically unnecessary.
glow
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From this reading The electric lamps shone with a pale and almost unnatural glow.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lutchester walked slowly up Fifth Avenue in the direction of his hotel.
hotel
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From this reading Lutchester walked slowly up Fifth Avenue in the direction of his hotel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lutchester walked slowly up Fifth Avenue in the direction of his hotel.
lamps
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From this reading The electric lamps shone with a pale and almost unnatural glow.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
lights
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From this reading The flashing lights of the automobiles passing up and down were almost whimsically unnecessary.
Lutchester
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
midnight
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minutes
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
moon
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
new
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From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
overhead
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
pale
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From this reading The electric lamps shone with a pale and almost unnatural glow.
Park
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
passing
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From this reading The flashing lights of the automobiles passing up and down were almost whimsically unnecessary.
risen
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
Ritz-Carlton
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
shone
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From this reading The electric lamps shone with a pale and almost unnatural glow.
slowly
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From this reading Lutchester walked slowly up Fifth Avenue in the direction of his hotel.
somewhere
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
Sonia
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
thoroughfare
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From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
turned
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From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
unfamiliar
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From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
unnatural
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From this reading The electric lamps shone with a pale and almost unnatural glow.
unnecessary
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From this reading The flashing lights of the automobiles passing up and down were almost whimsically unnecessary.
up
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From this reading The broad thoroughfare up which he turned seemed to have developed a new and unfamiliar beauty.
walked
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From this reading Lutchester walked slowly up Fifth Avenue in the direction of his hotel.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The flashing lights of the automobiles passing up and down were almost whimsically unnecessary.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
whimsically
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From this reading The flashing lights of the automobiles passing up and down were almost whimsically unnecessary.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The electric lamps shone with a pale and almost unnatural glow.
yellow
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From this reading Lutchester left Sonia and the Ritz-Carlton a few minutes before midnight, to find a great yellow moon overhead, which seemed to have risen somewhere at the back of Central Park.
