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advanced
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From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
assistance
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From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
astounding
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From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
changed
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From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
characterized
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From this reading The excitability, irritation, and recklessness which had previously characterized them had disappeared.
chief
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From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
Clarence
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From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
complacent
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From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
conspirators
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From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
deputy
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From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
dignity
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From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The excitability, irritation, and recklessness which had previously characterized them had disappeared.
dupes
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From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
excitability
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From this reading The excitability, irritation, and recklessness which had previously characterized them had disappeared.
expectingverbUS /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
given
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From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
immolated
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From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
infuriated
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From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
irritation
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From this reading The excitability, irritation, and recklessness which had previously characterized them had disappeared.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
lacked
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From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
met
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From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
natures
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From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
posse
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From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
previously
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From this reading The excitability, irritation, and recklessness which had previously characterized them had disappeared.
reception
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From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
recklessness
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From this reading The excitability, irritation, and recklessness which had previously characterized them had disappeared.
resistance
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From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
revealed
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From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
revelation
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From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
self-confessed
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From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
shock
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From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
spy
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From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
started
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From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
strange
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From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
surprise
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From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But to his surprise the shock seemed to have changed their natures, and given them the dignity they had lacked.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
Unsuspected
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From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Unsuspected and astounding as the revelation was to Clarence, its strange reception by the conspirators seemed to him as astounding.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The excitability, irritation, and recklessness which had previously characterized them had disappeared.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The deputy and his posse, who had advanced to the assistance of their revealed chief, met with no resistance.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He had started forward, half expecting that the complacent and self-confessed spy would be immolated by his infuriated dupes.
