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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 By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
busy
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From this reading We presently passed into a busy street of shops.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
came
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From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
car
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From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
carriage
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
carriages
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
coachman
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
dozen
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
drive
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
electric
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From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
equipages
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
escort
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
faster
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
fat
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
followers
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
indeed
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We presently passed into a busy street of shops.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
jumped
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
man
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
many
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
more
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
most
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
ordered
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
other
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We presently passed into a busy street of shops.
perhaps
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
policeman
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
presently
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From this reading We presently passed into a busy street of shops.
public
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
ragged
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
rascal
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
rather
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
seated
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
shops
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From this reading We presently passed into a busy street of shops.
side
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
some
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
sorry
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From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
splendid
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
street
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From this reading We presently passed into a busy street of shops.
terminus
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From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
there
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
tramway
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From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
very
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
walking
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From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading By and by we came to a tramway terminus, where an electric car was standing.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The policeman, who had been walking by the side of the carriage, the ragged man, and many of our other followers, jumped on to it.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The fat rascal in whose carriage I was seated ordered the coachman to drive on faster, and I was not sorry to be relieved of most of our escort.
wished
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From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the other carriages, of which there were perhaps half a dozen, and some of them very splendid equipages indeed, continued with us, and my appearance was still rather more public than I could have wished.
