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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 SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
ability
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
acquaintances
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admirers
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
admitted
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
AGAINnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
agreeable
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Alma
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
also
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
AmongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
any
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
artists
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
arts
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If Miss Alma Buckley was still in the profession, he would find somebody here who knew her, or at any rate knew of her.
authors
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
average
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
better
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
Bohemian
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From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
Buckley
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
called
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From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
cheer
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
Christmas
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
clubs
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From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
credited
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
discover
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enjoyable
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
few
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
find
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From this reading If Miss Alma Buckley was still in the profession, he would find somebody here who knew her, or at any rate knew of her.
fortified
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
getting
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading If Miss Alma Buckley was still in the profession, he would find somebody here who knew her, or at any rate knew of her.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If Miss Alma Buckley was still in the profession, he would find somebody here who knew her, or at any rate knew of her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
how
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
implied
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
information
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
jollity
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
journalists
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
knew
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
land
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
livelihood
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
living
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
mainly
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
man-about-town
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means
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
members
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
Miss
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
most
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
musicians
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
New
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading If Miss Alma Buckley was still in the profession, he would find somebody here who knew her, or at any rate knew of her.
ordinary
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
people
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
portals
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
practise
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
profession
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
rate
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From this reading If Miss Alma Buckley was still in the profession, he would find somebody here who knew her, or at any rate knew of her.
recruited
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
ROBBED
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
SAFE
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
said
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
season's
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
Sellars
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
set
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading If Miss Alma Buckley was still in the profession, he would find somebody here who knew her, or at any rate knew of her.
spent
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
spirits
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
Strollers
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From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
theatrical
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From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
unpretentious
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From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
various
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From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
very
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From this reading Amongst his various clubs was a very unpretentious and Bohemian one called “The Strollers.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading As its name implied, its members were mainly recruited from the theatrical profession, but it also admitted within its portals musicians, artists, journalists, authors, and a few people who were great admirers of the arts but did not practise any of them as a means of livelihood.
work
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If Miss Alma Buckley was still in the profession, he would find somebody here who knew her, or at any rate knew of her.
Year
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From this reading THE SAFE IS ROBBED AGAIN In the New Year, Sellars, having spent a most enjoyable Christmas, and fortified both in spirits and body by the season’s jollity and good cheer, set to work to discover whether Miss Alma Buckley was still in the land of the living, and if so, where she was to be found.
young
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From this reading It has been said that nobody knew better how to set about getting information that he was in need of than this agreeable young man-about-town, who had never been credited by his ordinary acquaintances with ability beyond the average.
