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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 The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
addiction
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
Adventure
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
all
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
atmosphere
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
characters
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
danger
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
Detective
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
doors
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
doubt
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From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
Dying
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
eccentricity
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
experiments
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
first-floor
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
flat
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
hand
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From this reading On the other hand, his payments were princely.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
Holmes
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
hours
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
house
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From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
Hudson
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
hung
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
incredible
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
invaded
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
irregularity
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
landlady
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
lodger
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
London
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
long-suffering
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
made
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
malodorous
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
Mrs
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
music
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
occasional
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
often
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the other hand, his payments were princely.
only
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
other
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From this reading On the other hand, his payments were princely.
paid
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From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
patience
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
payments
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From this reading On the other hand, his payments were princely.
practice
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
price
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From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
princely
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From this reading On the other hand, his payments were princely.
purchased
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From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
revolver
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
rooms
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From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
scientific
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
Sherlock
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
showed
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
singular
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
sorely
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
strange
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
tenant
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
throngs
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
tried
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
undesirable
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From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
untidiness
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
very
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
violence
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
weird
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On the other hand, his payments were princely.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Not only was her first-floor flat invaded at all hours by throngs of singular and often undesirable characters but her remarkable lodger showed an eccentricity and irregularity in his life which must have sorely tried her patience.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
woman
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From this reading The Adventure of the Dying Detective Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes, was a long-suffering woman.
worst
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From this reading His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.
years
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From this reading I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms during the years that I was with him.
