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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 One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
air
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From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
almost
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From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
arms
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
arrival
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
associations
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From this reading Everywhere its diplomatic associations made themselves felt.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
breathed
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From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
called
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
Capitol
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
city
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
Colonial
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
Congress
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
continually
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
days
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
diplomatic
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From this reading Everywhere its diplomatic associations made themselves felt.
dome
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
Everywhere
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From this reading Everywhere its diplomatic associations made themselves felt.
faces
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
far-reaching
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
felt
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From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
few
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
flung
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
Hastings
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
headquarters
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
homesick
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From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
hotels
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
house
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
impressed
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
index
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
Lutchester
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From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
made
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From this reading Everywhere its diplomatic associations made themselves felt.
mansion
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
men
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
met
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
New
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
own
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
power
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
profoundly
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
quiescent
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
restaurants
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
sedate
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
session
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
some
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
stateliness
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
stone's
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Everywhere its diplomatic associations made themselves felt.
throw
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From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
turmoil
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
Washington
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From this reading Lutchester breathed the air of Washington and felt almost homesick.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading One afternoon a few days after his arrival he called at the Hastings' house, a great Colonial mansion within a stone's throw of his own headquarters.
world
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From this reading Congress was in session, and the faces of the men whom he met continually in the hotels and restaurants seemed to him some index of the world power which flung its far-reaching arms from beneath the Capitol dome.
York
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From this reading The stateliness of the city, its sedate and quiescent air after the turmoil of New York, impressed him profoundly.
