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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 There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
also
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JEREMIAH AND HIS MOTHER DISAPPEAR.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Other persons were busy as well.
attended
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
Barley
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
busiest
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From this reading That was the busiest of days.
busy
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From this reading Other persons were busy as well.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
colour-blindness
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
days
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From this reading That was the busiest of days.
DISAPPEAR
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From this reading JEREMIAH AND HIS MOTHER DISAPPEAR.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
examinations
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
excursions
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
experts
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
fellow
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
Garden
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
got
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
held
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading JEREMIAH AND HIS MOTHER DISAPPEAR.
Home
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
how
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
interviews
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
JEREMIAH
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From this reading JEREMIAH AND HIS MOTHER DISAPPEAR.
judge
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
Kiss
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
lawyers
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
Linton
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
matters
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
MOTHER
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From this reading JEREMIAH AND HIS MOTHER DISAPPEAR.
much
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That was the busiest of days.
Other
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From this reading Other persons were busy as well.
persons
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From this reading Other persons were busy as well.
prosecution
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
receive
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
reports
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
Richard
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
Scotland
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
Secretary
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
test
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the busiest of days.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was the busiest of days.
There
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
thousand
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
Tom
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the busiest of days.
well
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From this reading Other persons were busy as well.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
wonder
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
Yard
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From this reading There were reports from Kiss and Linton to receive from time to time; interviews to be held with the Home Secretary; interviews also with the judge and with the lawyers for the prosecution; test examinations of Tom Barley by experts in colour-blindness; excursions to Scotland Yard; and a thousand matters to be attended to.
young
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From this reading There was so much for Richard Garden to do that the wonder was how the young fellow got through it.
