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Adams's
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
all
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
anxiety
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
appalling
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From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
baldness
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
birth
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From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
Cadwalader
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From this reading Thomas Cadwalader suggested rather than told his story.
CADWALADERS
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From this reading THE SECRET OF THE CADWALADERS.
case
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
chain
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
consequences
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From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
dare
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
death
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
detail
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
enter
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From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
facts
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
Felix
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
forged
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Thomas Cadwalader suggested rather than told his story.
human
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From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
hurry
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
imitate
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
imposed
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
interest
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
just
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
lack
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
led
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
link
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
man
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
occasion
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE CADWALADERS.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
outcome
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From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
passions
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From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
rather
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From this reading Thomas Cadwalader suggested rather than told his story.
relate
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
RemarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
SECRETnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE CADWALADERS.
story
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From this reading Thomas Cadwalader suggested rather than told his story.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
suggested
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From this reading Thomas Cadwalader suggested rather than told his story.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Thomas Cadwalader suggested rather than told his story.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SECRET OF THE CADWALADERS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
Thomas
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From this reading Thomas Cadwalader suggested rather than told his story.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thomas Cadwalader suggested rather than told his story.
tragedies
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From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Remarkable tragedies have their birth in remarkable facts, and as such facts are but the outcome of human passions, we must enter into those passions if we would understand either the facts or their appalling consequences.
unhappy
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From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
woman
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From this reading In this case, the first link of the chain which led to Felix Adams's violent death was forged before the birth of the woman who struck him.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We dare not imitate him in this, nor would it be just to your interest to relate these facts with all the baldness and lack of detail imposed upon this unhappy man by the hurry and anxiety of the occasion.
