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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 THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
abnormal
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
absolute
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
accept
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
act
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
affair
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
all
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
already
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
believe
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From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
captives
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
certainty
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
circumstantial
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
constructed
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
COUNT
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
cunning
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
decided
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
difficulty
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
elopement
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
exactness
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
far
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
fitted
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
great
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
guessing
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
head
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
held
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
information
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
insight
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
interests
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
Irromar's
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
jumped
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
ladies
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From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
little
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
Ludovic
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From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
man
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
naturally
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
near
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
opposite
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
parley
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
party
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
plausibility
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
probabilities
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
pursuing
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
quite
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From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
rank
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From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
real
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
resulting
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
RUPERTA
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
short
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
shrewd
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
stopped
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
sudden
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
supposition
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From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
suspicion
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From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
told
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From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
Tracing
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
truth
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
uniting
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
very
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From this reading THE COUNT AND RUPERTA A man of Count Irromar’s abnormal cunning and insight had little difficulty in guessing something very near the truth about his captives.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It all fitted in with absolute exactness; the circumstantial plausibility was so great that he decided he could accept and act upon supposition as certainty.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were ladies of rank, Ludovic had told him, and he could quite believe it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
window
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From this reading Tracing in his mind the probabilities of the affair, he constructed an elopement, a pursuing party, a sudden uniting of opposite interests, resulting in the parley he had held from the window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Indeed the information jumped with a shrewd suspicion already in his head, which, however, naturally stopped far short of the real truth.
