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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 Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
adventure
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An impenetrable world lay round him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
arrive
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
atmosphere
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From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
bad
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From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
bite
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From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
brilliant
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building
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came
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From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
Canadian
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clear
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cost
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covered
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damp
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darkness
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From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
effort
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
emerged
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enjoyed
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
face
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From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
fog
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From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An impenetrable world lay round him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
home
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From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
impenetrable
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From this reading An impenetrable world lay round him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
instant
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
interest
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
keenest
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
Kensington
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lay
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From this reading An impenetrable world lay round him.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
lights
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
London
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minutes
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
murky
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novel
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now
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From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
O'Reilly
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
often
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Only
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From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
opaque
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
people
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
perhaps
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plunged
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
raw
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From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
read
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From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
round
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From this reading An impenetrable world lay round him.
sea
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
sense
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
sky
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From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
soldier
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some
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South
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From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
spaces
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From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
spectacle
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stairs
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From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
stared
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Station
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From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
street
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
surprise
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
ten
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
then
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Only a raw bite in the damp atmosphere told him he stood beneath an open sky.
touched
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
underground
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up
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vanish
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
watching
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
why
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For some little time he stood and stared--a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about--a bad London fog.
wondering
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From this reading With keenest interest and surprise he "enjoyed" the novel spectacle for perhaps ten minutes, watching the people arrive and vanish, and wondering why the station lights stopped dead the instant they touched the street--then, with a sense of adventure--it cost an effort--he left the covered building and plunged into the opaque sea beyond.
world
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From this reading An impenetrable world lay round him.
