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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 SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
accordingly
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
account
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
acting
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
admirably
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
aliens
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
anxious
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
any
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From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
authorities
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
Berlin
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
chime
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From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
credible
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From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
cunning
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From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
DEVELOPMENT
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
didn't
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From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
enough
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From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
fairy
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
finding
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
Futtenplatz
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
German
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From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
get
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
Graun
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
Jew
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
job
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From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
just
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From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
knowledge
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From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
like
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From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
low
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From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
made
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
means
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
methods
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From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
out
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
people
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
pleasanternounUS /ˈpleasanter/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
plenty
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
police
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From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
relations
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From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
render
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From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
Rosa
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From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
SINISTER
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
sort
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From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
suit
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
tale
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
There
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From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
up
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
very
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From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
visit
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
way
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From this reading A SINISTER DEVELOPMENT On the way to the Futtenplatz I made up a little fairy tale to account for my visit to the Jew, Graun.
ways
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From this reading A very little knowledge of German police ways was enough to render it quite credible.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There were plenty of people, besides aliens, who were anxious to get out of Berlin at such a time, and it would suit the authorities admirably to have this secret means of finding out who they were and acting accordingly.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I didn't like the job, and what Rosa had told me about his relations with the police didn't make it any pleasanter.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was just the sort of low cunning which would chime with their methods.
