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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 A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
advanced
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
Affair
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
ajar
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
anxious
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
assumed
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Author
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
BELA
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From this reading THE WOMAN IN PURPLE WHERE IS BELA?
boards
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
bravely
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
carefully
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
collect
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
commanding
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common
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construction
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
Door
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
down
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
eager
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
Etc
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
fence
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
FOGARTY
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
Four
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
gate
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
group
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
head
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
Heaven
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
hesitating
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
high
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
House
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
Illustrations
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WOMAN IN PURPLE WHERE IS BELA?
Initials
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
instant
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
interview
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE WOMAN IN PURPLE WHERE IS BELA?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
joined
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
lay
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
made
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
means
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narrow
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From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
neighbourhood
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
old
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
Only
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
people
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
Pines
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
presence
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PURPLE
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From this reading THE WOMAN IN PURPLE WHERE IS BELA?
recognised
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request
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rouse
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
said
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
show
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
SilencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
some
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spoke
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar in a fence of the same construction!
steps
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
TellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
there
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
THOMAS
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From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
turn
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whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
WHEREconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE WOMAN IN PURPLE WHERE IS BELA?
Whispering
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From this reading Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only," "That Affair Next Door," Etc.
whole
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From this reading What is there in this to rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of eager, anxious, hesitating people?
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY On the instant he recognised that no common interview lay before him After one look he assumed some show of his old commanding presence and advanced bravely down the steps Silence! Not even Heaven spoke "Tell me what this means," said he, but he did not turn his head as he made this request
WOMAN
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From this reading THE WOMAN IN PURPLE WHERE IS BELA?
