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Great Porter Square: A Mystery. V. 1
Great Porter Square: A Mystery. V. 1

Chapter VIII

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THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.
We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.
For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.
We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.
The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.
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Great Porter Square: A Mystery. V. 1

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/2 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.
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We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.
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For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.
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We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.
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The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.”

Complete noun US /complete/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.”

Reasons noun US /ˈreasons/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.”

Until preposition US /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.”

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1

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

aid

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

announcement

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

ANTONY

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From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

append

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

completenounUS /complete/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

contributions

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

Convicted

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

COWLRICK

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From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

donors

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

due

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From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

EVENING

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From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

explain

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From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

form

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From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

hinted

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From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

interest

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From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

ITSdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

lay

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From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

list

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

man

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

MOON

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From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

OnepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

postpone

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From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

POSTPONES

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From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

present

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From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

readers

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From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

ready

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

reasonsnounUS /ˈreasons/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

receive

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

respect

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From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

RESPECTING

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From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

response

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

s

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

satisfactory

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From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

sends

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

sent

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

signatures

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

some

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

STATEMENT

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From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

subscriptions

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

suggestive

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE "EVENING MOON" POSTPONES ITS STATEMENT RESPECTING ANTONY COWLRICK.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

to-day

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From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

unfortunate

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From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading We append a list of subscriptions which have been sent to us in response to our announcement that we were ready to receive contributions in aid of the unfortunate man.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading For reasons which we shall in due time explain, we postpone the statement until we can present it in a complete and satisfactory form.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.

Wrongfully

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From this reading The signatures of some of the donors are suggestive:--"One who was Wrongfully Convicted" sends 1s.

yesterday

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From this reading We hinted to our readers yesterday that we should have something of great interest to lay before them to-day with respect to Antony Cowlrick.