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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 HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
aside
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
away
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
bleeding
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
brass
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
bullet
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
button
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
changed
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From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
Conyers
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
Death
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
Denningham
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
destruction
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From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
entered
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
fallen
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
fate
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
form
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
glanced
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
gone
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
grey
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
heart
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
heavy
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
HUT
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
inches
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
instantly
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
intended
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
lay
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
LEROC
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
Lord
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
mark
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
merciful
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
misty
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
more
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
Morice
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
NANETTE
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
once
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
other
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
out-witted
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From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
own
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
perverse
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From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
prey
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
pursue
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
salvation
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From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
several
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
shadows
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
shot
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
slipping
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
spot
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
stepped
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From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
straight
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HUT OF NANETTE LEROC But my Lord Denningham had for once been out-witted by a fate more merciful than himself.
there
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But Death had stepped aside--its grey form slipping away through the misty shadows to pursue other prey.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
too
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From this reading A strangely perverse fate, too, for here she had changed destruction to salvation.
travelling-coat
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
trees
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
True
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
unconscious
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
victim
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
way
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
wide
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From this reading True, the victim had fallen instantly, his own shot having gone wide of its mark amongst the trees, and there he lay, bleeding and unconscious.
winging
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From this reading The bullet, winging its way straight to the heart of Morice Conyers, had glanced aside on the brass button of his heavy travelling-coat and entered the body several inches to the right of the spot intended.
