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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “There can’t be much doubt about that.
abroad
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From this reading “You won’t exactly publish abroad the object of your journey, I suppose?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
Armitage
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
audience
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “There can’t be much doubt about that.
can't
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From this reading “There can’t be much doubt about that.
Czarigrad
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From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
discouraged
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
doing
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
doubt
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From this reading “There can’t be much doubt about that.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
Eirene
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
exactly
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From this reading “You won’t exactly publish abroad the object of your journey, I suppose?”
get
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From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
gets
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
go
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From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
hold
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From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
influence
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
information
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “You won’t exactly publish abroad the object of your journey, I suppose?”
keep
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
likely
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
mark
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
much
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From this reading “There can’t be much doubt about that.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
Now
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
object
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From this reading “You won’t exactly publish abroad the object of your journey, I suppose?”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
only
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
Panagiotis
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
Patriarch
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From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
publish
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From this reading “You won’t exactly publish abroad the object of your journey, I suppose?”
quarter
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
recounted
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
said
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
There
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From this reading “There can’t be much doubt about that.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
up
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From this reading Panagiotis must go, I suppose, as he is the only one likely to have influence in that quarter, and I must go to keep him up to the mark when he gets discouraged.”
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must go to Czarigrad and get hold of the Patriarch.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
won't
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From this reading “You won’t exactly publish abroad the object of your journey, I suppose?”
Wylie
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From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now that you have your information,” said Armitage, when he had recounted to Wylie what had passed during his audience of Eirene, “what do you think of doing?”
