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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
alike
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
all
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
Bell
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From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
Blue
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From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
Castalia
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
Castalia's
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From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
churchyard
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
currently
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From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
daisies
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
Dockett
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From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
doing
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From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
draper
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From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
dust
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
Errington
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
growing
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
held
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From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
Honourable
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
humble
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
imagined
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From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
impartially
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
inn
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From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
inquest
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From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
just
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
laid
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
less
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
mouth
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From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
noble
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
notes
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From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
now
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From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
paid
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From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
petals
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
pink-edged
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
post-office
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From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
Ravell
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From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
really
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From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
reported
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From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
said
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From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
Smith
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From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
spreading
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
story
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From this reading The story of the mysterious notes paid to Ravell, the draper, was in every mouth.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
thefts
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From this reading It was now currently reported that the thefts at the post-office had been Castalia's doing.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Dockett had been "sure of it all along"--so they said, and so they really imagined now.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
turf
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
unjust
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
village
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From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The inquest was to be held at the "Blue Bell" inn.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And after the inquest, the dust of the Honourable Castalia Errington was to be laid beneath the turf of the humble village churchyard, amidst less noble dust, with the daisies growing impartially above all, and spreading their pink-edged petals over the just and the unjust alike.
