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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 No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
adventurous
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
also
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From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
bars
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
belt
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From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
best
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
boy
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
care
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
circumstance
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
commercial
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From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
committed
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
compassed
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
craftnounUS /kræft/
a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
crime
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
crowning
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From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
dear
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From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
death
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From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
decade
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
defense
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
easily
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
escape
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From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
far
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
felt
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From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
Grayson
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From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
hairbrained
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
held
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From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
honor
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From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
imperative
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
incarceration
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
interests
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
John
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From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
large
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
Lucien
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From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
men
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
mercy
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From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
more
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
most
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
persistence
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
perverse
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
possible
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
rendered
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
Royce
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From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
spend
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
stake
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
supposititious
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From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
taken
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From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
theft
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From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
treasure
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From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
vouchsafed
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From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading No; Lucien Royce felt that his escape was a crowning mercy vouchsafed.
well
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
well-being
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading His supposititious death had saved his name, his commercial honor, which he held dear.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
wild
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From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading John Grayson, with the theft of the belt and its treasure, had also taken his life--for he had no life left!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading His incarceration would easily be compassed, were his defense far more complete than perverse circumstance rendered possible, by the craft and persistence of men who had such large interests at stake on the life and well-being of a wild, adventurous, hairbrained boy.
years
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From this reading His most imperative care should be to make it good, or he might well spend a decade of the best years of his life behind the bars for a crime he had not committed.
