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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 A STROKE IN THE GAME I was glad.
ability
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From this reading This scheme he proceeded to forward with all the patience and ability of which he was master.
all
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From this reading This scheme he proceeded to forward with all the patience and ability of which he was master.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
counter-mined
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
coup
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From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
decent
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
decide
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
decided
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
device
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
easy
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
ended
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
failed
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
false
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
feelings
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
fiction
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This scheme he proceeded to forward with all the patience and ability of which he was master.
friendship
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
GAME
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From this reading A STROKE IN THE GAME I was glad.
glad
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From this reading A STROKE IN THE GAME I was glad.
good-natured
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
hand
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A STROKE IN THE GAME I was glad.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A STROKE IN THE GAME I was glad.
innermost
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
leave
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
led
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
master
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From this reading This scheme he proceeded to forward with all the patience and ability of which he was master.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
Mouraki's
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From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
now
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
obscurity
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
Pasha
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
patience
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From this reading This scheme he proceeded to forward with all the patience and ability of which he was master.
Phroso
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
position
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
possible
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
proceeded
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From this reading This scheme he proceeded to forward with all the patience and ability of which he was master.
pure
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
rendered
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
repose
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
scheme
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From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
serve
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
simple
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
soon
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From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
STROKE
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From this reading A STROKE IN THE GAME I was glad.
struggle
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From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A STROKE IN THE GAME I was glad.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This scheme he proceeded to forward with all the patience and ability of which he was master.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As soon as I was alone and had time to think over Mouraki’s _coup_ I was glad.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A STROKE IN THE GAME I was glad.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had ended a false position into which my weakness had led me; he had rendered it possible for me to serve Phroso in friendship pure and simple; he had decided a struggle which I had failed to decide for myself.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This scheme he proceeded to forward with all the patience and ability of which he was master.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be easy now (so I told myself) for both of us to repose on that fiction of a good-natured device and leave our innermost feelings in decent obscurity while we counter-mined the scheme which the Pasha had in hand.
