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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 He lit a cigarette and stretched himself in his chair.
all
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From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
anteroom
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
arrest
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
Brigadier-General
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
chair
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From this reading He lit a cigarette and stretched himself in his chair.
cigarette
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From this reading He lit a cigarette and stretched himself in his chair.
close
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
day's
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
decided
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
defences
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
detail
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From this reading His work had been intricate and at times full of detail.
dozens
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From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
empty
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
exposure
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
Felixstowe
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
full
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From this reading His work had been intricate and at times full of detail.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
Harwich
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He lit a cigarette and stretched himself in his chair.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He lit a cigarette and stretched himself in his chair.
interviewed
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From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
intricate
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From this reading His work had been intricate and at times full of detail.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
land
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
listened
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From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
lit
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From this reading He lit a cigarette and stretched himself in his chair.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
Major
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
man
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
manner
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From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
people
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From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
plan
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
possession
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
realised
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
sighed
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
stories
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From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
stretched
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From this reading He lit a cigarette and stretched himself in his chair.
suspicious
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From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
thanked
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
Thomson
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
times
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From this reading His work had been intricate and at times full of detail.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had been interviewed by all manner of people, had listened to dozens of suspicious stories.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
unusually
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
very
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
warmly
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
whole
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
wires
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From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the whole, a good day’s work, he decided, and he had been warmly thanked over the wires by a Brigadier-General at Harwich for his arrest and exposure of a man who had in his possession a very wonderful plan of the Felixstowe land defences.
work
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From this reading It was towards the close of an unusually long day’s work and Major Thomson sighed with relief as he realised that at last his anteroom was empty.
