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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 But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
afterwards
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
all
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From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
always
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From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
bang
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
belief
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From this reading He had a profound belief in their irreclaimable villainy.
business
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From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
Danvers
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
day-room
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From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
doing
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From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
door
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
fighters
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
Gethryn
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From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
go
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From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
heard
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
immediately
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
inside
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
irreclaimable
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From this reading He had a profound belief in their irreclaimable villainy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
just
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
Monk
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From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
Monk's
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
mustn't
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From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
own
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From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
place
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From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
probably
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From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
profound
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From this reading He had a profound belief in their irreclaimable villainy.
reasoned
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From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
second
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From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
see
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From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
senior
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From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
shut
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
studies
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From this reading In the second place, having studies of their own, they had no business to be in the senior day-room at all.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He had a profound belief in their irreclaimable villainy.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
villainy
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From this reading He had a profound belief in their irreclaimable villainy.
voice
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From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Gethryn always had the feeling that it was his duty to go and see what Monk and Danvers were doing, and tell them they mustn't.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But as he passed the door which had just shut with a bang behind the free fighters, he heard Monk's voice inside, and immediately afterwards the voice of Danvers, and he stopped.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
wrong
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From this reading In the first place, he reasoned within himself, if Monk and Danvers were doing anything, it was probably something wrong, and ought to be stopped.
