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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 There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
announced
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
back
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
before-dinner
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
Brancaster
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From this reading “Griggs wrote him personally, and the reply came from the Brancaster Golf Club!
briefs
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
Bull
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
came
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From this reading “Griggs wrote him personally, and the reply came from the Brancaster Golf Club!
cause
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
Chippenham
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
Club
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
cocktail
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
culmination
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
deal
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
defence
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
disappearance
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
envied
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
fellow-members
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
four
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
Francis
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
friends
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
Golf
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From this reading “Griggs wrote him personally, and the reply came from the Brancaster Golf Club!
golfing
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From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
Griggs
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
group
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
Hilditch
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
holidays
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From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
isn't
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From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
knowledge
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
Ledsam
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
legal
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
like
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From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
luminaries
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
member
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
middle
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From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
midst
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
much
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
murderer
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
offered
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
personally
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From this reading “Griggs wrote him personally, and the reply came from the Brancaster Golf Club!
place
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
popular
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
refused
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
remarked
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
reply
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From this reading “Griggs wrote him personally, and the reply came from the Brancaster Golf Club!
Sent
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
session
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From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
Sheridan
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
speculation
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
taking
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From this reading It isn't like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
There
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
topping
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
tragedy
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From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
week
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From this reading “Sent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place announced to a little group of friends and fellow-members over a before-dinner cocktail.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a good deal of speculation at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the complete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmination of the Hilditch tragedy.
William
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From this reading “Griggs offered him the defence of William Bull, the Chippenham murderer, and he refused it,” another remarked.
wrote
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From this reading “Griggs wrote him personally, and the reply came from the Brancaster Golf Club!
