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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 London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Abbey
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Accosts
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Albert
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
all
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
Amusements
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Antwerp
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
awaiting
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
bazaar
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
Boys
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
cabmen
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
Castle
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Cat
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
ceaselessly
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
channels
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
Charles
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Cheap
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
city
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
Court
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Cromwell
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Day
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Duchess's
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
ebbs
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
English
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
fixed
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
flows
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
George
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
glass
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
gliding
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
goes
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
greatnounUS /great/
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
Hall
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Hampton
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Henry
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Houses
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Howe's
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
humanity
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
Hunting
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
immense
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
Judy
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
landscapes
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
lastnounUS /last/
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
like
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
LONDON
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From this reading LONDON.
Madame
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Misadventure
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
nations
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
new
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
old
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
Palace
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Parliament
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Pie
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
populated
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
porters
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
Prince
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Punch
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Queen
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
regiment
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
roof
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
runs
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
sea
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
seemednounUS /seemed/
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
sinuous
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
Sir
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
station
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
Stories
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Story
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Stranger
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Street
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
streets
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
thickly
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
Tommy
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Tommy's
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Tour
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Tower
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
towns
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
train
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
Tussaud's
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
uniform
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From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
vanishing
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
Wax
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
Westminster
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It suddenly stopped under the glass roof of an immense station, where a regiment of porters in uniform were awaiting it, and where all outside seemed a world of cabmen.
windings
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
Windsor
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
WonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
Works
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
world
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From this reading The train, from its sinuous windings among old English landscapes and thickly populated towns, seemed at last to be gliding into a new world of vanishing houses and streets.
world's
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From this reading LONDON!--the world's great city, the nations' bazaar,--where humanity runs in no fixed channels, but ceaselessly ebbs and flows like the sea.
Wyat
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From this reading London.--Westminster Abbey.--Westminster Hall and Parliament Houses.--The Tower.--Sir Henry Wyat and His Cat.--Madame Tussaud's Wax Works.--Tommy Accosts a Stranger.--Hampton Court Palace.--Stories of Charles I. and Cromwell.--The Duchess's Wonderful Pie.--The Boys' Day.--Tommy goes Punch and Judy Hunting.--Street Amusements.--Tommy's Misadventure.--George Howe's Cheap Tour.--Windsor Castle.--Story of Prince Albert and his Queen.--Antwerp.
