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A Bullet for Cinderella
A Bullet for Cinderella

Chapter VII

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But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
The answer was quick and chilling.
It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
He might already have the money.
The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.
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A Bullet for Cinderella

Chapter VII

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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But why would Fitz want to implicate me?
Line 2
The answer was quick and chilling.
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It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.
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He might already have the money.
Line 5
The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.

Learner Dictionary

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

Already noun US /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He might already have the money.”

Body noun US /body/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “He might already have the money.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “He might already have the money.”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “But why would Fitz want to implicate me?”

All words in this reading · 37

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alreadynounUS /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He might already have the money.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.

answer

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From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.

bodynounUS /body/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.

buried

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From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?

chilling

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From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.

Cindy

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From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

Fitz

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From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?

get

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From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading He might already have the money.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

immediate

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From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.

implicate

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From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?

meant

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From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading He might already have the money.

money

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From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.

problem

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From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.

quick

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From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.

rid

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From this reading The immediate problem was to get rid of the body.

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.

Timmy

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From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?

traced

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From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

want

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From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The answer was quick and chilling.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading It meant that he had traced the right Cindy, the Cindy who would know where Timmy had buried the money.

why

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From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading But why would Fitz want to implicate me?