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admirable
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From this reading All Crime Street, with the exception of the admirable Mr. Millet, was present.
All
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From this reading All Crime Street, with the exception of the admirable Mr. Millet, was present.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She’s twenty minutes late already,” he said.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
animation
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From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
beard
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bezique
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From this reading The Bishop with his large placid face was playing bezique with Francis Stockmar.
Bishop
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From this reading The Bishop with his large placid face was playing bezique with Francis Stockmar.
breaker
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cigarette
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Colonel
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Crime
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Cunningham
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Dr
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enquiringly
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exception
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From this reading All Crime Street, with the exception of the admirable Mr. Millet, was present.
expert
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face
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From this reading The Bishop with his large placid face was playing bezique with Francis Stockmar.
fingering
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Francis
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From this reading The Bishop with his large placid face was playing bezique with Francis Stockmar.
Garon
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Gregori
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hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She’s twenty minutes late already,” he said.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
INTERRUPTION
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From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
known
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large
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From this reading The Bishop with his large placid face was playing bezique with Francis Stockmar.
late
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From this reading “She’s twenty minutes late already,” he said.
lookednounUS /looked/
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From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
man
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middle-aged
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Millet
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From this reading All Crime Street, with the exception of the admirable Mr. Millet, was present.
minutes
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Mr
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All Crime Street, with the exception of the admirable Mr. Millet, was present.
pallid
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Philip
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placid
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From this reading The Bishop with his large placid face was playing bezique with Francis Stockmar.
playing
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From this reading The Bishop with his large placid face was playing bezique with Francis Stockmar.
police
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From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
present
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From this reading All Crime Street, with the exception of the admirable Mr. Millet, was present.
rolled
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From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
safe
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said
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From this reading “She’s twenty minutes late already,” he said.
SHAREHOLDERS
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From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
She's
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From this reading “She’s twenty minutes late already,” he said.
some
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Stockmar
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From this reading The Bishop with his large placid face was playing bezique with Francis Stockmar.
Street
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From this reading All Crime Street, with the exception of the admirable Mr. Millet, was present.
talking
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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
trim
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From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
twenty
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From this reading “She’s twenty minutes late already,” he said.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
watch
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From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
Westhanger
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From this reading THE SHAREHOLDERS AND AN INTERRUPTION Colonel Westhanger looked at his watch.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
world
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From this reading Gregori rolled another cigarette and looked enquiringly at Dr. Philip Garon who was fingering his trim beard and talking with some animation to the middle-aged pallid man, who was known to the world as Mr. Cunningham and to the police as an expert safe breaker.
