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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 discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
accident
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
action
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
actually
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
agent
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
all
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
assassination
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
autonomous
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
believed
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
Berlin
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
Boltons
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
brow
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
clever
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
cool
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
created
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
crime
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From this reading I had now a double purpose in life--to discover Mabel, and to elucidate the mystery of the crime.
deal
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
discover
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From this reading I had now a double purpose in life--to discover Mabel, and to elucidate the mystery of the crime.
discovery
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
double
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From this reading I had now a double purpose in life--to discover Mabel, and to elucidate the mystery of the crime.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
elucidate
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From this reading I had now a double purpose in life--to discover Mabel, and to elucidate the mystery of the crime.
end
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
endeavoured
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
eyes
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
firm
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
fixed
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
form
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
girl
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
glance
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
grey
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
half-hour
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
hand
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
helplessness
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
ingeniousadjectiveUS /ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.
From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
intended
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
knew
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had now a double purpose in life--to discover Mabel, and to elucidate the mystery of the crime.
Mabel
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From this reading I had now a double purpose in life--to discover Mabel, and to elucidate the mystery of the crime.
made
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
matter
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
Ministers
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
mostly
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
mystery
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From this reading I had now a double purpose in life--to discover Mabel, and to elucidate the mystery of the crime.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
night
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
notable
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
now
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From this reading I had now a double purpose in life--to discover Mabel, and to elucidate the mystery of the crime.
occurrence
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
pity
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
plan
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
Principality
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
purpose
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
revelations
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
sat
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
saw
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
showed
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
smoothed
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
some
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
State
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
strive
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From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
taken
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
there
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
thrown
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
together
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Towards that end I intended to strive, and as I sat with my glance fixed upon those mysterious grey eyes, I endeavoured to form some plan of action.
tragic
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
Treaty
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
truth
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
turbulent
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
underlying
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
unlooked
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
very
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From this reading She alone knew the truth of that tragic occurrence at The Boltons, and I saw that in this matter I had to deal with a very clever and ingenious woman.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
withheld
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
woman
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From this reading The discovery that the mysterious woman--whose name she had withheld from me--was actually a secret agent of the autonomous Principality created by the Berlin Treaty--that turbulent State mostly notable for the assassination of its Ministers--was entirely unlooked for.
young
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From this reading On the night when accident had thrown us together, and she had smoothed my brow with her cool hand, I had believed her to be a young girl who had taken pity upon me in my helplessness; but the revelations she had made during that half-hour showed that there had been some firm purpose underlying it all.
