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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 The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
all
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From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
argued
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
armor
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
aunt
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
awakened
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
begun
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
believed
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
close
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From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
coming
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
confronted
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
development
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From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
direction
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
discover
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
duplicity
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
evening
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
events
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From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
eyes
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From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
felt
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
fresh
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
further
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
house
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
immediately
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
just
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
latest
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From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
lay
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From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
moment
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
Mr
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
much
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From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
new
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
night
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From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
now
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
occurrences
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
old
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
overwhelmed
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From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
rage
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
recalled
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
reveal
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
revelation
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
revenge
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
roused
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
set
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
situation
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
soon
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
sprang
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
Steele's
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
struggle
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From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
surmises
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
There
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From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
thoughts
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
too
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From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
triumphant
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
turned
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
unexpected
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
up
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From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There must be something in this latest development to help us in the struggle which lay before us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was too much overwhelmed by all these events to close my eyes that night.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
wits
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
work
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From this reading I had believed my work over in this house, but as I recalled all the occurrences of the evening and turned the situation, as it now confronted me, over and over in my mind, I felt that it had just begun.
working
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From this reading The revelation of Mr. Steele’s further duplicity, coming so immediately upon the first, roused fresh surmises and awakened thoughts which soon set my wits working in a direction as new as it was unexpected.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The rage which sprang up in him as he confronted his old aunt at this moment of his triumphant revenge argued a weakness in his armor which it might yet be my part to discover and reveal.
