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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 Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
AnythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
bed
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
best
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
better
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From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Hume would have none of it.
clear
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
cloud
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
contaminating
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From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
door
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
failed
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
hidden
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
Hume
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From this reading But Hume would have none of it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
integrity
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But Hume would have none of it.
knocked
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
lain
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
made
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
Miss
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
momentary
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From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
Moore
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
murder
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
night
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading But Hume would have none of it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
place
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
policeman's
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From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
refuge
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
risk
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From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
run
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From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
side
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
sitting
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
Some
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
sought
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
suicide
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Anything, to my mind, was better than that she should run even a momentary risk of a policeman’s contaminating hands.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
way
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From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
wondering
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From this reading Some one knocked at the door, while I was sitting on the side of the bed, wondering, since I had failed to do murder, if suicide was not the next best thing.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had I had my way, that night, Miss Moore would have sought a place of refuge, where she could have lain hidden till the cloud passed over and her integrity was made clear.
