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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 ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
all
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “An inexplicable death in an unenterable room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
any
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
comments
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
committed
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
conclusion
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
consequent
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
Curran
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
death
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From this reading “An inexplicable death in an unenterable room.
deductions
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
Detective
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
evidence
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
face
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
Gilvray
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
got
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From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
grave
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
grilling
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From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
held
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
Hugh
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
inexplicablenounUS /inexplicable/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An inexplicable death in an unenterable room.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
jolly
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
keen
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
Kinney
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
LEAD
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From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
listeners
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
logical
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
Mears
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
most
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
murdered
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
nowhere
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From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
old
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
opinion
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
others
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
problem
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
questionings
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
ROLY
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From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
room
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From this reading “An inexplicable death in an unenterable room.
round
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
said
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
satisfactory
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
sea
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
shrewd
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From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
Some
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
suicide
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
TAKES
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From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
unenterable
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From this reading “An inexplicable death in an unenterable room.
unusually
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From this reading “It is the old problem, after all,” said Roly Mears, his round, jolly face unusually grave.
utterly
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From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
wearisome
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From this reading ROLY TAKES THE LEAD IT was a wearisome grilling, and it got them nowhere.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some held the opinion that he had committed suicide, others that he was murdered, but most of the listeners to the scanty evidence were utterly at sea as to any satisfactory conclusion.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Detective Kinney was logical and consequent in his questionings and Doctor Gilvray was keen and shrewd in his comments and deductions, but when it was over nobody seemed to know anything save that Hugh Curran was dead.
