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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 "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
afterwards
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From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
appear
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
armed
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
assault
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attack
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
attacked
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
Baker
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From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
beaten
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
bystanders
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
Café
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
carried
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From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
Charing
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From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
Cross
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From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
describe
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
detective
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
doctors
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
dressed
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
escaped
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
event
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
Glasshouse
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
hand
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
head
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
Holmes
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
Hospital
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From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
injuries
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
learn
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
made
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
men
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
miscreants
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
most
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
Mr
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
murderous
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
o'clock
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
occurred
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
out
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
passing
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
position
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
precarious
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
private
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
receiving
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
Regent
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
regret
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
respectably
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From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
rooms
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From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
Royal
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
seems
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
serious
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
Sherlock
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
sticks
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
Street
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
taken
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From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
There
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
twelve
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From this reading There are no exact details to hand, but the event seems to have occurred about twelve o'clock in Regent Street, outside the Café Royal.
two
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From this reading The attack was made by two men armed with sticks, and Mr. Holmes was beaten about the head and body, receiving injuries which the doctors describe as most serious.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, and afterwards insisted upon being taken to his rooms in Baker Street.
victim
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
well-known
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From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The miscreants who attacked him appear to have been respectably dressed men, who escaped from the bystanders by passing through the Café Royal and out into Glasshouse Street behind it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "We learn with regret that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim this morning of a murderous assault which has left him in a precarious position.
