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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 MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
alighted
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
amicable
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
boy
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
cab
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
calculated
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
Camberwell
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
children
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
city
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
commonplace
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From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
converse
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
depressing
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
desolation
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From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
dirty
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
disgustnounUS /dɪsˈɡʌst/
a strong feeling of dislike or sickness caused by something unpleasant
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
empty
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
evident
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
few
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
fog
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
four-wheeled
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
fur-lined
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
greengrocer's
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
gutter
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
hideously
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From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
home
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From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
houses
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From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
impress
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
just
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
land
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
looking
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
man
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
MEETING
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
milkman
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
more
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
now
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
ORDERnounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
overcoat
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
pavement
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
philistinism
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From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
picture
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From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
playing
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
poverty-stricken
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From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
row
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From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
shrunken
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
similar
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From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
six-roomed
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From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
slight
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
smoke-begrimed
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From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
southern
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
stranger
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
street
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From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
stretched
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From this reading Before him stretched a long row of six-roomed houses, smoke-begrimed, hideously similar, hideously commonplace.
suburban
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From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
uncared
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From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
uncaring
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From this reading It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
unfavorably
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
vanishing
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From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
visiting
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From this reading Nothing could be more depressing, or more calculated to unfavorably impress a stranger from a southern land visiting the great city for the first time.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The street was empty save for the four-wheeled cab from which he had just alighted, and which was now vanishing in a slight fog, a milkman and a greengrocer's boy in amicable converse, and a few dirty children playing in the gutter.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading A MEETING OF THE ORDER A man in a fur-lined overcoat--thin, shrunken, and worn--stood on the pavement in a little street in Camberwell, looking about him in evident disgust.
