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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 Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was no possible doubt about it, he had been tricked.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
all
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
appalling
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From this reading But this was disaster too appalling even for his self-control.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
Austrian
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There was no possible doubt about it, he had been tricked.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
Behrling
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
Bellamy
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But this was disaster too appalling even for his self-control.
caught
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From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
country
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
disaster
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
doubt
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From this reading There was no possible doubt about it, he had been tricked.
edge
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From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
effort
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But this was disaster too appalling even for his self-control.
felt
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From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
fooled
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But this was disaster too appalling even for his self-control.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was no possible doubt about it, he had been tricked.
hazards
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But this was disaster too appalling even for his self-control.
infatuated
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
knees
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From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
man
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
meet
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
merely
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
mien
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no possible doubt about it, he had been tricked.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
possible
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From this reading There was no possible doubt about it, he had been tricked.
ready
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
sake
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
self-control
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From this reading But this was disaster too appalling even for his self-control.
sell
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
shake
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From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
stupid
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
success
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
supreme
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
table
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From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
There
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From this reading There was no possible doubt about it, he had been tricked.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But this was disaster too appalling even for his self-control.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
too
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From this reading But this was disaster too appalling even for his self-control.
tricked
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From this reading There was no possible doubt about it, he had been tricked.
unvarying
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
used
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From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
utterly
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
Von
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He felt his knees shake so that he caught at the edge of the table before which he was standing.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bellamy was a man used to all hazards, whose supreme effort of life it was to meet success and disaster with unvarying mien.
woman
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From this reading Von Behrling, after all,—Von Behrling, whom he had looked upon merely as a stupid, infatuated Austrian, ready to sell his country for the sake of a woman, had fooled him utterly!
