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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 There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
all
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
awaiting
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
brows
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
bulky
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cheeks
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
crept
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From this reading Wingate paused on the threshold of the room and his hand crept into his pocket.
crude
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From this reading "Nothing quite so crude, Wingate," he said.
face
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
figure
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
find
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
gesture
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From this reading Phipps seemed to notice the gesture and shook his head.
gloomily
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
gone
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
hand
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From this reading Wingate paused on the threshold of the room and his hand crept into his pocket.
hanging
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Nothing quite so crude, Wingate," he said.
head
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From this reading Phipps seemed to notice the gesture and shook his head.
hearth
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
hours
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Wingate paused on the threshold of the room and his hand crept into his pocket.
knitted
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
late
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
man
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
nature
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
night
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Nothing quite so crude, Wingate," he said.
notice
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From this reading Phipps seemed to notice the gesture and shook his head.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
office
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Wingate paused on the threshold of the room and his hand crept into his pocket.
pale
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
paused
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From this reading Wingate paused on the threshold of the room and his hand crept into his pocket.
Peter
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
Phipps
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
pocket
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From this reading Wingate paused on the threshold of the room and his hand crept into his pocket.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Nothing quite so crude, Wingate," he said.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
room
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From this reading Wingate paused on the threshold of the room and his hand crept into his pocket.
rooms
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
rug
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
said
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From this reading "Nothing quite so crude, Wingate," he said.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Phipps seemed to notice the gesture and shook his head.
several
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
shook
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From this reading Phipps seemed to notice the gesture and shook his head.
Slate's
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Nothing quite so crude, Wingate," he said.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
spent
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
spurious
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
strenuous
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
There
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
threatening
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
threshold
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From this reading Wingate paused on the threshold of the room and his hand crept into his pocket.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
unusually
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
vaguely
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From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was something vaguely threatening about the bulky figure of the man standing gloomily upon the hearth rug, all the spurious good nature gone from his face, his brows knitted, his cheeks hanging a little and unusually pale.
Wingate
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From this reading Wingate, after several strenuous hours spent in Slate's office, returned to his rooms late that night, to find Peter Phipps awaiting him.
