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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 The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
bearing
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
beautiful
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
beggarnounUS /ˈbɛɡər/
a person who asks for money or food
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
behaviour
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From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
clothes
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
confirmed
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From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
contempt
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
covered
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
dressed
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
enormous
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
expensively
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
feathers
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
going
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
gown
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
gutter
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
hat
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
heliotrope
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
hoarse
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
hustled
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
jewels
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
kind
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
lace
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
lady
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
mark
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
men
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
most
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
Mr
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From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
narrow
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
observationnounUS /ˈobservation/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
off
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
old
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
ones
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
ostrich
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
pavements
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
people
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From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
Perry
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From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
pockets
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
poorer
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
respect
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
rich
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
said
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
saw
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From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
side
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
slouched
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
some
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
sort
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
sovereignadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːv.rən/
Possessing supreme or ultimate power; autonomous and commanding.
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
started
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From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
stout
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
street
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
town
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From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
tram
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From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
treated
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
two
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
ungraceful
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
velvet
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
very
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
walk
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From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
walked
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We saw Mr. Perry into his tram, and started to walk through the town.
well-dressed
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From this reading My observation as to the behaviour and appearance of the well-dressed people was confirmed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
whine
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
wide
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
woman
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From this reading As we were going through a narrow street between two wide ones, a stout old lady, covered with jewels, and dressed in heliotrope velvet, with some beautiful lace on her gown and enormous ostrich feathers in her hat, walked in the gutter by my side, and said in the hoarse whine of a beggar: "Do take a sovereign from a rich woman, kind gentleman.
women
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
wore
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From this reading The men slouched along with their hands in their pockets, and the women, although they wore fine clothes, had a very ungraceful bearing.
worst
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From this reading The most expensively dressed were the worst in this respect, and the poorer sort of people hustled them off the pavements and treated them with every mark of contempt.
