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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 A PAGE IN PICCADILLY.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
Berkeley
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
big
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
cap
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
certainly
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
Challas
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
CHAPTER
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From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
coat
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
darkness
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
discover
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
falling
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
fascinating
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
Felix
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
FOUR
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From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
fur
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
glaring
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
goggles
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
grey
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
head-lamps
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
heavy
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
hope
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From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
house
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
hundred-horse-power
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A PAGE IN PICCADILLY.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
laughed
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From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
man
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From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
most
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
motor-car
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
only
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
other
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
PAGE
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From this reading A PAGE IN PICCADILLY.
PICCADILLY
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From this reading A PAGE IN PICCADILLY.
problem
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
Professor
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From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
racing
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
recover
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From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
sighed
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
Sir
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
solution
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
Some
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From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
Square
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
stepped
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
tantalising
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From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
TWENTY
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From this reading CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.
two
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
ugly
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From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
up
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From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Some of which we hope to recover, Professor,” laughed the ugly little man.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A long, grey, hundred-horse-power racing motor-car with its two glaring head-lamps drew suddenly up in the falling darkness before the big house in Berkeley Square, and from it stepped Sir Felix Challas in his heavy fur coat, cap and goggles.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “We certainly might,” sighed the other, “if only we could discover the solution of this most fascinating yet tantalising problem.”
