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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 It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
alert
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From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
any
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From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
assailants
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
Belle
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From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
Braddon
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From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
Carter
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
caught
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From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
chagrin
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
clairvoyant
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From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
closed
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
concern
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
darkness
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
deceived
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From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
design
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
desperate
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
doors
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
Egyptian
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
entered
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From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
fact
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
Flood's
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
game
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
girl
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
given
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
heavy
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
house
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From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
identify
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
inviting
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
iron
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
jointly
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From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
KeenlyadverbUS /ˈkiːnli/
with sharp attention or strong interest
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
knavish
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
knowing
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
learn
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
leaving
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
led
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
man
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From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
moment
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
motive
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From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
motives
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
Nick
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
Only
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From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
parties
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
place
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
powerful
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From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
realized
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
really
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
seen
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From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
several
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
situation
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
some
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
springs
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From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
suspected
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
suspicious
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
throw
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
tomblike
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
trap
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From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
trick
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From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
up
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From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
walled
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From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
watchful
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From this reading Though alert and watchful from the moment he had entered the house with Belle Braddon, he had not looked for such a trap as this.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was with a feeling of some chagrin that Nick Carter realized his desperate situation the moment the heavy iron doors of the walled passage closed upon him, leaving him alone in the Egyptian darkness of the tomblike place.
worked
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From this reading Only a clairvoyant could have seen that the doors worked jointly and under the motive of powerful springs.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Keenly suspicious, knowing in fact that the girl was up to some knavish game, Nick had suspected that he was being led into Flood’s house with a design to throw him into the hands of several assailants, a situation which would have given him no concern whatever, and which he really had been inviting in order to identify the parties to it and learn their motives.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet the trick by which he had been caught was one to have deceived any man.
