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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 At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
afterwards
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From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
Audley
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
bag
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From this reading He had a bag in his hand.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
birthday
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From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
cold
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
collar
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
corner
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
dining
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
Dorian
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From this reading Dorian recognized him.
eleven
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
eve
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From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
fast
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
foggy
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
furs
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
grey
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
Grosvenor
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
hand
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From this reading He had a bag in his hand.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
heavy
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
Henry's
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
home
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
Lord
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
man
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
mist
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
night
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
ninthnounUS /naɪnθ/
position nine in a countable series of things
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
November
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From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
o'clock
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
often
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From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
own
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From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
recognized
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From this reading Dorian recognized him.
remembered
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From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
South
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
Square
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
Street
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
thirty-eighth
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From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
turned
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
ulster
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
up
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
very
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From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
walking
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the corner of Grosvenor Square and South Audley Street, a man passed him in the mist, walking very fast and with the collar of his grey ulster turned up.
wrapped
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From this reading He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
