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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 BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
abuse
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
all
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
asleep
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
awake
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
BARON
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
Baron's
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
bed
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benevolent
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
Bickerdike
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
billiard
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
candle
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
character
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
confirmed
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
corridor
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
country
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
degenerate
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designing
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
door
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
double
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
early
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
entire
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fact
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
faithfully
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
fallen
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
family
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
first-floor
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
flight
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
gave
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
gone
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
guest
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
habits
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
hall
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
happened
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
hospitality
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
house
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
household
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
how
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
irksome
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
landing
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
late
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
light
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
lights
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
London
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made
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
man
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
measured
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
midnight
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
mood
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
MS
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
mysteriously
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
night
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
noticed
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
opened
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
out
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
outstaying
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
own
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
past
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
posing
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
pretty
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
proving
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rather
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
resolved
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
rising
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
room
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
showed
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
showing
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
some
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
sometimes
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
spacious
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
suspicions
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
taking
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
There
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
thread
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
turned
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
unextinguished
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From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
upstairs
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From this reading It was past midnight when I turned out the lights in the billiard room, and, taking a candle, made my way upstairs.
villainous
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
WALKS
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
way
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
ways
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From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
weighednounUS /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
west
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From this reading There was a double flight rising from a pretty spacious hall, and both the Baron’s room and my own gave upon the corridor which opened west from the first-floor landing.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading On that night I had gone to bed rather late, outstaying, in fact, the entire family and household, whose early country ways my degenerate London habits found sometimes rather irksome.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As I passed his door I noticed that a thread of light showed under it, proving him to be either still awake, or fallen asleep with his candle unextinguished.
worst
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From this reading THE BARON WALKS (_From the Bickerdike MS._) I was still in this resolved mood, when something happened one night which confirmed my worst suspicions, showing me how faithfully I had weighed and measured the character of the man posing as a benevolent guest in the house, the hospitality of which he was designing all the time, in some mysteriously villainous way, to abuse.
