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actually
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
apparently
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
become
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From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
business
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
capacity
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
Carnac
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
character
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
conventional
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
dark
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
Denzil's
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From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
desire
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
Eleven
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From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
endeavoured
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
enter
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
fall
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From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
familiar
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From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
father
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
features
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From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
filled
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
fixed
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
fulfil
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
Grier
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet, in his way, he knew the business well.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
history
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From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
honesty
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
incident
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
induce
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
instinct
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From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
inveterate
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
keenest
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
knew
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From this reading Yet, in his way, he knew the business well.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
looks
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
lumber
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
made
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From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
main
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From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
much
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From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
nature
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
observed
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From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
recesses
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
system
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
too
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
travelled
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
true
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From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
twenty-five
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From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
vain
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From this reading In vain had his father endeavoured to induce him to enter the lumber business; to him it seemed too conventional and fixed.
way
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From this reading Yet, in his way, he knew the business well.
well
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From this reading Yet, in his way, he knew the business well.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
work
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From this reading By instinct, over the twenty-five years of his life, he had observed and become familiar with the main features of the work.
years
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From this reading Eleven years had passed since Denzil's fall, and in that time much history had been made.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Carnac Grier, true to his nature, had travelled from incident to incident, from capacity to capacity, apparently without system, yet actually with the keenest desire to fulfil himself; with an honesty as inveterate as his looks were good and his character filled with dark recesses.
