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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 Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
According
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
any
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
archives
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
convicted
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
days
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From this reading Two days passed.
Digby's
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
door
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
Edwards
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
FATAL
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From this reading FATAL FINGERS.
finger-prints
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
FINGERS
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From this reading FATAL FINGERS.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
glass-topped
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
handle
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
impressions
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
lighter
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From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
lines
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From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
made
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
more
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From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two days passed.
person
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
photographed
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
police
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
porter's
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From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
previously
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
proved
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From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
puzzled
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
puzzling
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
record
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
refined
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From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
room
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
Scotland
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
search
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
Sir
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
specimen
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
table
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
Two
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From this reading Two days passed.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
wife
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From this reading They had already been proved not to be those of the porter's wife, the lines being lighter and more refined.
woman
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From this reading Those finger-prints--impressions left by a woman--upon the glass-topped specimen table in Sir Digby's room and on the door handle, were puzzling the police as they puzzled me.
Yard
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From this reading According to Edwards, after the finger-prints had been photographed, search had been made in the archives at Scotland Yard, but no record could be found that they were those of any person previously convicted.
