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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 WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
appealed
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From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
believed
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
cigarette
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
clever
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
daughter
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
double-dealing
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
effect
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
faint
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From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
fallen
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
Felix
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
Flockart
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From this reading Why should not Flockart retaliate?
Flockart's
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From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
FOREIGNER
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
friend
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
gone
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
half-waynounUS /half-way/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
held
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
Henry
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
Heyburn
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
household
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
ingenuity
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
insinuation
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
knew
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From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
Krail
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
ladyship
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
laid
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
lips
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
marvellous
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why should not Flockart retaliate?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
Old
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
own
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
playing
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From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
retaliate
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From this reading Why should not Flockart retaliate?
satisfaction
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
saw
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From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
SHABBY
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should not Flockart retaliate?
SHOWS
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
silent
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
Sir
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
smile
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From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
south
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
stranger
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He saw a faint smile playing about Flockart's lips, and knew that it appealed to him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
trap
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From this reading Old Sir Henry Heyburn had laid a clever trap for him, a trap into which he himself believed that his daughter had fallen.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
vigilance
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
watchful
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From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
watching
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From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading WHICH SHOWS A SHABBY FOREIGNER Felix Krail, his cigarette held half-way to his lips, stood watching the effect of his insinuation.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The shabby stranger, whose own ingenuity and double-dealing were little short of marvellous, and under whose watchful vigilance the Heyburn household had been ever since her ladyship and her friend Flockart had gone south, stood silent, but in complete satisfaction.
Why
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From this reading Why should not Flockart retaliate?
