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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 state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
according
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
aghast
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
alarm
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From this reading But that first sick alarm was not long in dissipating itself in me in a fine scorn.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
association
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atmosphere
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BARON
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
Bickerdike
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
business
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
catastrophe
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coming
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
communication
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concern
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confess
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corollary
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
CRIME
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
disquieting
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
dissipating
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From this reading But that first sick alarm was not long in dissipating itself in me in a fine scorn.
earthquake
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
fairly
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
fatality
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From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But that first sick alarm was not long in dissipating itself in me in a fine scorn.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
formless
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
friend
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FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
gun
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
Hugh
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
impalpable
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
inevitable
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
insistence
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instinctively
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
instrumentality
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading But that first sick alarm was not long in dissipating itself in me in a fine scorn.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
leap
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
like
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But that first sick alarm was not long in dissipating itself in me in a fine scorn.
man's
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
meeting
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From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
moment
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MS
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
nature
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But that first sick alarm was not long in dissipating itself in me in a fine scorn.
odd
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From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
overcloud
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From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
people
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
precedes
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
SCENE
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
scorn
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From this reading But that first sick alarm was not long in dissipating itself in me in a fine scorn.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
seemingly
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
sense
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From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
sick
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From this reading But that first sick alarm was not long in dissipating itself in me in a fine scorn.
Simpson's
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From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
smoking-room
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From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
some
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state
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
sticking
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From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
there
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
top
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
unnerving
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From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
vague
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From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
VISITS
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From this reading THE BARON VISITS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I confess that the man’s communication, coming on the top of my concern for my friend, fairly, in the first moment of it, took me aghast.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
weapon
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The state in which I had found Hugh, that disquieting business of the gun, his insistence on sticking to his weapon--it was inevitable that my mind should instinctively leap to some association between these and a catastrophe so seemingly their corollary in its nature and instrumentality.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was formless, impalpable, but it was there, like that unnerving atmosphere which precedes, according to people who know, an earthquake.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was odd, but ever since my meeting with the Baron in Simpson’s smoking-room a sense as of some vague fatality had seemed to overcloud me.
