Chapter V
AN ABDUCTION. Herlock Sholmes said nothing. To protest? To accuse the two men? That would be useless.
Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes
Chapter V
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AN
ABDUCTION.
Herlock
Sholmes
said
nothing.
To
protest?
To
accuse
the
two
men?
That
would
be
useless.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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AN
ABDUCTION.
Line 2
Herlock
Sholmes
said
nothing.
Line 3
To
protest?
Line 4
To
accuse
the
two
men?
Line 5
That
would
be
useless.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Herlock Sholmes said nothing.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “That would be useless.”
All words in this reading · 16
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ABDUCTION
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From this reading AN ABDUCTION.
accuse
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From this reading To accuse the two men?
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ABDUCTION.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That would be useless.
Herlock
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From this reading Herlock Sholmes said nothing.
men
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From this reading To accuse the two men?
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Herlock Sholmes said nothing.
protest
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From this reading To protest?
said
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From this reading Herlock Sholmes said nothing.
Sholmes
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From this reading Herlock Sholmes said nothing.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That would be useless.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To accuse the two men?
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To protest?
two
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From this reading To accuse the two men?
useless
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From this reading That would be useless.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That would be useless.