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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 A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
back
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
bars
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From this reading From some of the bars came the sound of horrible laughter.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
blurred
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From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
brawled
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From this reading In others, drunkards brawled and screamed.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
came
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From this reading From some of the bars came the sound of horrible laughter.
city
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
closing
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
clustering
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
coldadjectiveUS /koʊld/
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
cure
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
day
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
dim
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
doors
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
Dorian
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
dripping
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From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
drunkards
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From this reading In others, drunkards brawled and screamed.
eyes
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
fall
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From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
forehead
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From some of the bars came the sound of horrible laughter.
ghastly
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From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
Gray
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
groups
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
hansom
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
hat
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
Henry
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
horrible
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From this reading From some of the bars came the sound of horrible laughter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
just
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
laughter
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From this reading From some of the bars came the sound of horrible laughter.
listless
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
Lord
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
Lying
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
means
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
men
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
met
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
mist
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From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
now
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From some of the bars came the sound of horrible laughter.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
others
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From this reading In others, drunkards brawled and screamed.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
public-houses
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
rain
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From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
round
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
said
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
screamed
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From this reading In others, drunkards brawled and screamed.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
shame
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
some
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From this reading From some of the bars came the sound of horrible laughter.
sordid
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
soul
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
sound
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From this reading From some of the bars came the sound of horrible laughter.
street-lamps
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From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
then
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist.
watched
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
women
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From this reading The public-houses were just closing, and dim men and women were clustering in broken groups round their doors.
words
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From this reading Lying back in the hansom, with his hat pulled over his forehead, Dorian Gray watched with listless eyes the sordid shame of the great city, and now and then he repeated to himself the words that Lord Henry had said to him on the first day they had met, “To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.”
