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ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "MOTIVE AS WELL AS METHOD HAMMERED HOME."
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
CAMERA
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From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
CASE
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From this reading "PROSECUTION IN GRIFFITHS' CASE CLOSES WITH IMPRESSIVE DELUGE OF TESTIMONY."
city
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
CLOSE
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From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
CLOSES
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From this reading "PROSECUTION IN GRIFFITHS' CASE CLOSES WITH IMPRESSIVE DELUGE OF TESTIMONY."
CORRESPOND
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From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
DEADnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
DELUGE
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From this reading "PROSECUTION IN GRIFFITHS' CASE CLOSES WITH IMPRESSIVE DELUGE OF TESTIMONY."
DESTRUCTIVE
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From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
DRAMATIC
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From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
eight
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
FACE
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From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
FAINTS
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From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
GIRL
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From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
GRIFFITHS
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From this reading "PROSECUTION IN GRIFFITHS' CASE CLOSES WITH IMPRESSIVE DELUGE OF TESTIMONY."
HAMMERED
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From this reading "MOTIVE AS WELL AS METHOD HAMMERED HOME."
HEAD
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From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
headlines
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
HOME
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From this reading "MOTIVE AS WELL AS METHOD HAMMERED HOME."
IMPRESSIVE
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From this reading "PROSECUTION IN GRIFFITHS' CASE CLOSES WITH IMPRESSIVE DELUGE OF TESTIMONY."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
informed
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
LETTERS
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From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
MARKS
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From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
METHOD
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From this reading "MOTIVE AS WELL AS METHOD HAMMERED HOME."
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
MOTHER
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From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
MOTIVE
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From this reading "MOTIVE AS WELL AS METHOD HAMMERED HOME."
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
o'clock
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "PROSECUTION IN GRIFFITHS' CASE CLOSES WITH IMPRESSIVE DELUGE OF TESTIMONY."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
papers
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
PROSECUTION
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From this reading "PROSECUTION IN GRIFFITHS' CASE CLOSES WITH IMPRESSIVE DELUGE OF TESTIMONY."
READING
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From this reading "MOTHER OF DEAD GIRL FAINTS AT CLOSE OF DRAMATIC READING OF HER LETTERS."
SHOWN
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From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
SIDE
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From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
sprawling
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
stands
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
terms
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
TESTIMONY
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From this reading "PROSECUTION IN GRIFFITHS' CASE CLOSES WITH IMPRESSIVE DELUGE OF TESTIMONY."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "DESTRUCTIVE MARKS ON FACE AND HEAD SHOWN TO CORRESPOND WITH ONE SIDE OF CAMERA."
uncertain
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From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
WELL
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From this reading "MOTIVE AS WELL AS METHOD HAMMERED HOME."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms:
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading By eight o'clock the next morning the great city papers were on the stands with the sprawling headlines, which informed every one in no uncertain terms: