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accordance
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From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
account
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
astonishment
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
Brother-in-arms
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
bunkum
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
caused
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
commencing
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
Compatriot
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
contents
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
CONTINUES
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From this reading DETECTIVE LAMBERT CONTINUES HIS DIARY.
Dear
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
delight
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
DETECTIVE
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From this reading DETECTIVE LAMBERT CONTINUES HIS DIARY.
DIARY
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From this reading DETECTIVE LAMBERT CONTINUES HIS DIARY.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
duly
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
English
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
foreign
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
French
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
gave
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading DETECTIVE LAMBERT CONTINUES HIS DIARY.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
Illustrious
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
insert
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
intelligible
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
Joseph
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
keeping
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
LAMBERT
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From this reading DETECTIVE LAMBERT CONTINUES HIS DIARY.
letter
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
literary
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
methods
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
Milan
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
Monday
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
Mrs
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
omitted
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From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
Pitou
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
Pitou's
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
profound
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
pursued
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From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
received
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
recorded
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
reference
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From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
translated
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
Very
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From this reading "Letter from Joseph Pitou, commencing, 'My Very Dear and Very Illustrious Compatriot and Brother-in-arms,' which I look upon as foreign bunkum.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was in keeping with the literary methods he pursued that he did not insert the letter in his diary, and gave no intelligible account of its contents.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Neither would it have been in accordance with his methods to have omitted mysterious reference to it:
written
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From this reading On Monday morning Detective Lambert, as recorded in his diary, received Joseph Pitou's letter from Milan--this time written in French, which, being duly translated by Mrs. Lambert, caused the English detective profound astonishment and delight.
