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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
agency
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From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
Agnes
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
arranged
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
Arrived
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From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
Barnes
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From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
breakfast
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From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
day
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
detective
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
discovered
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From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
DISCOVERY
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From this reading THE DISCOVERY.
Early
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
forth
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From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
Herald
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
Immediately
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From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
learn
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From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
Leon
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
long-awaited
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
Madame
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
Medjora
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
Mr
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From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
offered
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
once
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From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
out
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From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
personal
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
presence
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From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
reading
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
said
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From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
scarcely
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From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
seated
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From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
signal
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From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
started
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From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DISCOVERY.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
ushered
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From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
waiting
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From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Arrived at the agency, she was at once ushered into the presence of Mr. Barnes.
Well
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From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Immediately after breakfast, therefore, she had started forth to learn what had been discovered.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Early in the morning of the same day upon which Leon had offered himself to Agnes, Madame Medjora, reading her _Herald_, had at last found the long-awaited personal, "Come," the signal which she had arranged with the detective.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well," said she, scarcely waiting to be seated, "what have you found out?"
