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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 CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
abroad
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
absence
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
accepted
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
accustomed
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advance
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From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
advertise
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
advice
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From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
Angel
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From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
arrests
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
audience
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From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
axiom
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From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
bashfulness
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From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
Beware
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From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
carry
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
case
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
chief
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From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
comment
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
CONNOR
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From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
curious
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From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
desire
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
disappearance
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
embarrassing
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
Enemies
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From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
evening
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
excellent
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From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
excite
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
excuse
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
fact
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
fuss
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
gone
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
HAND
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From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
haunts
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
importance
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
interpretation
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
Interviewing
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From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
many
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From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
merit
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
midnight
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
newspapers
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
notice
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
ostentation
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
out
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
particular
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
place
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
police
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From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
put
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
reason
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
reasonsnounUS /ˈreasons/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
received
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From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
Scotland
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From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
sinister
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
society
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
some
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From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
sufficient
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
system
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From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
TAKES
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From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
there
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Enemies of our police system advance many and curious reasons for this bashfulness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
UnlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
why
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From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
wise
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From this reading Interviewing his wise chief, Angel received some excellent advice.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
work
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From this reading In particular they place a sinister interpretation upon the desire of the police to carry out their work without fuss and without ostentation, for the police have an embarrassing system of midnight arrests.
Yard
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From this reading CONNOR TAKES A HAND It is an axiom at Scotland Yard, “Beware of an audience.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Unless you advertise the fact, or unless your case is of sufficient importance to merit notice in the evening newspapers, there is no reason why your disappearance from society should excite comment, or why the excuse, put forward for your absence from your accustomed haunts, that you have gone abroad should not be accepted without question.
