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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 "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
ACT
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From this reading THE CROWNING ACT OF INFAMY.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
aggressive
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
all
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From this reading At all events, do not compel me to leave my story unfinished.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At all events, do not compel me to leave my story unfinished.
avoided
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From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
beseech
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From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
case
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
compel
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From this reading At all events, do not compel me to leave my story unfinished.
confinement
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
CROWNING
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From this reading THE CROWNING ACT OF INFAMY.
days
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From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
earnestly
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From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
end
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From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
events
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From this reading At all events, do not compel me to leave my story unfinished.
exile
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From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
fiend
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From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
gone
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From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
HEARnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
Hopkins
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From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
INFAMY
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From this reading THE CROWNING ACT OF INFAMY.
instant
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
lawyer
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
leave
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From this reading At all events, do not compel me to leave my story unfinished.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
managed
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At all events, do not compel me to leave my story unfinished.
necessarily
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
now
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From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CROWNING ACT OF INFAMY.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
powerful
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From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
properly
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
purely
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
said
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From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
sphere
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
story
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From this reading At all events, do not compel me to leave my story unfinished.
strikes
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From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
supernatural
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CROWNING ACT OF INFAMY.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
unfinished
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From this reading At all events, do not compel me to leave my story unfinished.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Of course the fiend strikes you as a being to be avoided, but I do not believe that he is now as powerful and as terrible as he was in the days gone by.
weakened
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
won
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "HEAR me to the end, Hopkins, I beseech you," said the exile earnestly.
young
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From this reading Long confinement to a purely mortal sphere must necessarily have weakened his supernatural powers, and it strikes me that properly managed by a young and aggressive lawyer, our case against him would be won in an instant.
