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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 I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
Abo
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
any
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
arose
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
arrival
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
called
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
cause
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From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
comfortable
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
commercial
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
conflicting
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
crowd
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
crowded
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
disappearance
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From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
douceurs
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
Elma
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From this reading "THE STRANGLER" Where was Elma?
Felix
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filled
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
Finn
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
forest
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given
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gloomy
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gobbling
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
home
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
host
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
hotel
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
inexplicablenounUS /inexplicable/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
instructions
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
last-named
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
lost
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
lunched
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
men
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
news
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
once
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
Phoenix
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
place
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
received
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
report
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
return
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
salle-à-manger
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
sat
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
slept
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stayed
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
STRANGLER
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From this reading "THE STRANGLER" Where was Elma?
telegraph
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "THE STRANGLER" Where was Elma?
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
there
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From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
thoughts
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
thousand
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From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I returned to the hotel where I had stayed on my arrival, a comfortable place called the Phoenix, and lunched there alone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "THE STRANGLER" Where was Elma?
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "THE STRANGLER" Where was Elma?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading What was the cause of her inexplicable disappearance into the gloomy forest while we had slept?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading A thousand conflicting thoughts arose within me as I sat in that crowded _salle-à-manger_ filled with a gobbling crowd of the commercial men of Abo.
wood-cutter
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From this reading Both Felix, the Finn, and my host, the wood-cutter, had received their _douceurs_ and left, but to the last-named I had given instructions to return home at once and report by telegraph any news of my lost one.
