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account
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From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
animated
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
arm
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
arrival
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
aspasmon
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From this reading [Greek: Deute teleutaion aspasmon domen.]
blows
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
Brandon
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From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
circumstances
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From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
cord
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
death
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From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
Denton
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
Despard
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From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
Deute
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From this reading [Greek: Deute teleutaion aspasmon domen.]
discovery
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From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
domen
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From this reading [Greek: Deute teleutaion aspasmon domen.]
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
excitement
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
Greek
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From this reading [Greek: Deute teleutaion aspasmon domen.]
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
heart
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
held
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
intensified
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
knew
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
man
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
narrated
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From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
old
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
person
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From this reading For his mysterious death no one could account except one person.
prevailed
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
return
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From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
speedy
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From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
strike
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
sufficient
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
teleutaion
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From this reading [Greek: Deute teleutaion aspasmon domen.]
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
there
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
vengeance
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
village
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From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
weapon
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The excitement which had prevailed through the village of Denton was intensified by the arrival there of the body of the old man.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That one was Brandon, whom Despard surprised by his speedy return, and to whom he narrated the circumstances of the discovery.
wield
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From this reading Brandon knew who it was that could wield that cord, what arm it was that had held that weapon, and what heart it was that was animated by sufficient vengeance to strike these blows.
