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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 “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
all
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
answering
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From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
Armadale
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
back
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
Bashwood
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
burst
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From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
cause
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
change
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
decoying
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
excitement
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From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
extraordinary
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
feet
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From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
heard
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
illness
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
instant
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
Instead
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From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
interests
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From this reading What a luxury it was to make Miss Milroy serve my interests at last!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What a luxury it was to make Miss Milroy serve my interests at last!
luxury
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From this reading What a luxury it was to make Miss Milroy serve my interests at last!
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What a luxury it was to make Miss Milroy serve my interests at last!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
means
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
mentioned
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
Milroy
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From this reading What a luxury it was to make Miss Milroy serve my interests at last!
Milroy's
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Never mind the note,’ I said.
Miss
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Never mind the note,’ I said.
note
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From this reading “‘Never mind the note,’ I said.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
other
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
rushed
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From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
said
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From this reading “‘Never mind the note,’ I said.
Sanitarium
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
saw
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
serve
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From this reading What a luxury it was to make Miss Milroy serve my interests at last!
side
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
started
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From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
table
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The instant he mentioned Miss Milroy’s name all that I had heard from Bashwood of her illness, and of the cause of it, rushed back into my memory.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Instead of answering him, I started, in a sudden burst of excitement, to my feet.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What a luxury it was to make Miss Milroy serve my interests at last!
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a luxury it was to make Miss Milroy serve my interests at last!
wondering
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From this reading I saw the means of decoying Armadale into the Sanitarium as plainly as I saw the doctor on the other side of the table, wondering at the extraordinary change in me.
