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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 As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
any
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
assumed
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
back
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
Biarritz
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
bring
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
Casino
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From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
cat's-paw
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
charming
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
devilish
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
dozen
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
draw
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
drawn
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
du
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
elsewhere
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From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
elusive
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
enigma
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
enjoyed
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From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
expensively
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From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
failed
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
father
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
fear
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
felt
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
few
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
gone
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
grey-green
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
head
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
headland
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
high
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
Hotel
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
ice
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
islets
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
LADY
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
later
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
LITTLEnounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
lived
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From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
Lola
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
love
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
LYDBROOK
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
man
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
Martin
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
names
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
object
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From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
obscure
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From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
only
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
owing
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
Palais
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
passionate
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
place
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
police
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
rate
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
Rayne's
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
rocks
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
rocky
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
schemes
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
sent
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
solve
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
St
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
stayed
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
subtle
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
suggestion
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
there
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
trace
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
treading
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
unscrupulous
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
vengeance
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From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
very
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From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
views
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From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
Vincent
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
visit
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From this reading We both lived expensively and enjoyed ourselves at the Casino and elsewhere, but the object of our visit was quite obscure.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LITTLE LADY LYDBROOK From the very first I felt that, owing to my passionate love for Lola, I was treading upon very thin ice.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At any rate, at Rayne's suggestion, we had gone there and had stayed under assumed names at the Hotel du Palais, that handsome place standing high upon the rocks with such charming views of the rocky headland of St. Martin and the dozen grey-green islets.
weeks
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading As the cat's-paw of her father I was being drawn into such subtle devilish schemes that I felt to draw back must only bring upon my head the vengeance, through fear, of a man who was so entirely unscrupulous and so elusive that the police could never trace him.
Why
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From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Why a few weeks later I had been sent to Biarritz with Vincent was an enigma I failed to solve.
