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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 On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
actor
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
also
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
believing
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
black
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From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
called
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From this reading He called himself Godfrey Harland.
chief
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
complexion
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From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
congratulating
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
countenance
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
dark
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From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
deceive
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
distinct
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
enacted
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
engaged
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
evening
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
furnished
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
girl
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
Godfrey
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From this reading He called himself Godfrey Harland.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
good-looking
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
hair
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From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
HARLAND
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From this reading IRIS HARLAND.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
IRIS
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From this reading IRIS HARLAND.
lodging
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
love
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
luck
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
man
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
marry
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
moustache
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From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
newly-appointed
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
officer
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
olive
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From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
Pandora
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
passions
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
Pimlico
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
scene
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
smaller
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
streets
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
tempest
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
there
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
traces
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
trying
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
very
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From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
vices
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
well-built
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From this reading He was a fine, well-built man, with dark hair, an olive complexion, and a black moustache.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the same evening that the newly-appointed officer of the _Pandora_ was congratulating himself on his good luck, and trying to deceive himself into believing he was in love with the girl he was engaged to marry, a very different scene was being enacted in a furnished lodging in one of the smaller streets of Pimlico.
young
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From this reading The chief actor there was also a man--young, good-looking, and a gentleman--but with distinct traces on his countenance of the tempest of passions and vices he had passed through.
