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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 GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
accomplish
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
all
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
answer
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From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
any
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
Apart
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From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
apparent
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
associations
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading My post was by no means a sinecure.
certain
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
certainly
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
cheerfulness
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
concentrate
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From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
copying
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From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
correspondence
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
DespiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
few
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
forced
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
forty
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From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
full
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
GHOST
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
halcyon
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
hard
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From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
horrible
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
immense
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From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
interesting
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
irksome
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
labors
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From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
leaving
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
letters
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From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
London
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
matter
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
means
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From this reading My post was by no means a sinecure.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My post was by no means a sinecure.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
neighborhood
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading My post was by no means a sinecure.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
ones
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
post
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From this reading My post was by no means a sinecure.
rate
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
secretarial
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From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
sinecure
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From this reading My post was by no means a sinecure.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
subject
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
tedious
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
there
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From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
thirty
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From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
thoughts
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From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
unaccountably
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From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Apart from all this, I found it unaccountably hard to concentrate my thoughts upon my secretarial labors.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My post was by no means a sinecure.
weeks
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Every morning I had thirty or forty letters to answer, besides which there was an immense amount of copying to be done.
WHITECHAPEL
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From this reading A GHOST IN WHITECHAPEL Despite a certain amount of relief at leaving a neighborhood so full of horrible associations, those first few weeks in London were certainly not halcyon ones.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
work
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From this reading The subject matter of all this correspondence was by no means interesting to me, and the work itself, although I forced myself to accomplish it with at any rate apparent cheerfulness was tedious and irksome.
