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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
all
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From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
blunder
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
came
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From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
carelessness
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
cause
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
cautious
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
clandestine
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From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
committed
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
connection
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From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
contained
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
contributions
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
copies
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
criminal
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
drawer
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
enough
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
greatest
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
gross
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
guilty
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
HAND
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From this reading HAND TO HAND.
Harry
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From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
imagined
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
journalistic
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From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
junior
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From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
just
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
like
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
lively
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
locked
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
malefactors
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
many
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From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
master's
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From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
matter
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From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
most
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
often
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
own
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
periodical
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
precautionsplural nounUS /prɪˈkɔʃənz/
actions taken to prevent danger
From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
Ringrose
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From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
safe
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
skeleton
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From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
stealthy
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
Tiddler
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From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HAND TO HAND.
treasured
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From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
undoing
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
used
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From this reading Harry Ringrose used many precautions in the matter of his little journalistic skeleton.
vanity
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
week
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From this reading But, just as the most cautious criminal is often guilty of the greatest carelessness, so Harry committed one gross blunder every week; and, again like so many malefactors, his own vanity was the cause of his undoing.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He imagined it safe enough in the locked drawer in which he treasured such copies of the lively periodical as contained his stealthy contributions.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It all came of the junior master's clandestine connection with the _Tiddler_.
