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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 identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
accident
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
any
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From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
AREauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE DEAD ARE FORGIVEN.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
Berne
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
blame
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
chiefly
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
Clifford
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
Clifford's
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
consulate
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
containing
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
country
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From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
crossed
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
day
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
DEADnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DEAD ARE FORGIVEN.
death
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
declined
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
doubt
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
dread
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
end
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
Engelberg
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
familiar
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From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
fatal
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
FORGIVEN
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From this reading THE DEAD ARE FORGIVEN.
friend's
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
fugitive
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
guide
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
identification
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
implacable
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
inquiry
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
intimation
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
justice
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
Meirengen
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
met
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
Mr
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
native
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From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
official
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
old
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
own
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
papers
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
passport
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
photographs
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
pocket-book
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
precisely
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From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
reached
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
resulted
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
Roland
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
Sefton's
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From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
sense
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
services
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
son
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DEAD ARE FORGIVEN.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
traveller
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
trustworthy
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From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
untimely
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From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The identification was complete, and the inquiry into the fatal accident had resulted in blame to no one, as the traveller had declined the services of a trustworthy guide from Meirengen to Engelberg.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading No doubt crossed Mr. Clifford's mind that his old friend's son had met his untimely end while a fugitive from his country, from dread chiefly of his own implacable sense of justice.
whole
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From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Roland Sefton's pocket-book, containing his passport and the papers and photographs, had reached Mr. Clifford the day before, with an official intimation of his death from the consulate at Berne.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading This was precisely what Roland would have done, the whole country being as familiar to him as to any native.
