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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 there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
Adrien
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
all
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From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
almost
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
away
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
back
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From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
bustlenounUS /ˈbʌsəl/
busy and excited activity
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
cast
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
Castle
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
Cole
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From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
crowd
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From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
death
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
depression
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
dinner
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
drawing-room
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
driven
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From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
entire
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
event
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
fall
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From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
father
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
gathered
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
gloomy
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
guests
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
heavily
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From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
house
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
Jasper
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
jockey
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
keep
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
King
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From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
lay
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From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
London
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From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
lost
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From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
meet
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
minds
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
moon
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From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
Nearly
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From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
night
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From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
noise
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
noisy
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From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
pallid
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From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
Peacock
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
race
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
race-course
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From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
rouse
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
say
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
silent
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From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
silver
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
stable
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
striven
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
there
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From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Nearly all had lost heavily through the fall of poor "King Cole."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
tramped
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From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
unhappy
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
utmost
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From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was night and the race-course lay deserted and silent beneath the pallid moon.
way
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From this reading The noisy crowd had tramped and driven its way back to London.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But there was one whom the noise and bustle of a race meet would never rouse again--Peacock the jockey, who lay dead in the stable house.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading His death had cast a depression over the entire Castle, and though both Adrien and his father--to say nothing of Jasper--had striven their utmost to keep the minds of the guests away from the unhappy event, it was yet an almost gloomy party that gathered after dinner in the silver drawing-room.
