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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 stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
all
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From this reading People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
away
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
Bar
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From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
boy
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busy
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
By-and-by
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From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
city
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considered
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From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
direction
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From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
dreams
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
farthest
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From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
fell
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From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
gave
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going
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From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
got
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
happening
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From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
hardly
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From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
home
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From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
hungry
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
imaginings
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From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy.
jostled
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From this reading People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy.
London
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From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
lost
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moment
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From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
musing
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night's
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
noticing
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From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
People
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From this reading People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy.
rough
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From this reading People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy.
sauntered
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
shadowy
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
some
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From this reading People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy.
speech
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From this reading People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy.
splendours
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
Temple
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From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
then
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From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
there
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From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
thoughts
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
Tom
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
travelled
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From this reading By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
up
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From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
walls
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From this reading He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London.
wandered
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From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night's dreams.
