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7 to 12: A Detective Story
7 to 12: A Detective Story

Chapter I

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I——THE LEAVENWORTH CASE.
A Lawyer’s Story.
4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 III——HAND AND RING.
4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 IV——THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.
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7 to 12: A Detective Story

Chapter I

Reading 1/110 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I——THE LEAVENWORTH CASE.
Line 2
A Lawyer’s Story.
Line 3
4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
Line 4
4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 III——HAND AND RING.
Line 5
4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 IV——THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

HAND noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 III——HAND AND RING.”

All words in this reading · 29

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00

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

1

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

16

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

20

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

4

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

50

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A Lawyer’s Story.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 III——HAND AND RING.

CASE

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From this reading I——THE LEAVENWORTH CASE.

cents

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

cloth

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

DAMOCLES

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 IV——THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.

DISAPPEARANCE

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

HAND

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 III——HAND AND RING.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I——THE LEAVENWORTH CASE.

II

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

III

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 III——HAND AND RING.

IV

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 IV——THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.

Lawyer's

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From this reading A Lawyer’s Story.

LEAVENWORTH

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From this reading I——THE LEAVENWORTH CASE.

mo

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 IV——THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.

paper

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

RING

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 III——HAND AND RING.

Story

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From this reading A Lawyer’s Story.

STRANGE

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

SWORD

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From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 IV——THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading I——THE LEAVENWORTH CASE.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading 4to, paper, 20 cents; 16mo, paper, 50 cents; 16mo, cloth, $1 00 II——A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.