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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 THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
adventure
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
all
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
America
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
away
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From this reading The police and Gerald go away.
back
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
clerk's
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
concealing
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From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
crouched
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
detective
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
door
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
Elms
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
England
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
faced
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
facts
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From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
front
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
fury
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
Gerald
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
Gerald's
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
go
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From this reading The police and Gerald go away.
haggard
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
hears
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
heat
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
history
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
late
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
leave
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
listening
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
MAKE-UP
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
man
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
night
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
officers
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From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
other
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From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
police
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
policeman
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From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
realizes
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
reticence
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
rises
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
says
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
speak
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From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
speaks
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From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
steps
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From this reading The police and Gerald are in the passage by the front door, and a haggard faced man is crouched below the steps listening.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
THEATRICAL
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
there
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
turn
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
week
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
white
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From this reading He hears all that Gerald says, and his fury rises to white heat as he realizes by his late clerk's reticence that he is not a detective at all!
Wimbledon
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From this reading A THEATRICAL MAKE-UP We leave America for England, and turn back in our history a week or so--to Wimbledon and The Elms on the night of Gerald's adventure there.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading No policeman would speak as he speaks--concealing the facts from other officers.
