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1927
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
28
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
abandoned
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
abnormally
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
any
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
arrests
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
burning
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
captives
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
certain
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
charges
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
clashes
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
conditions
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
crumbling
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
definite
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
deliberate
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
disposal
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
dying
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
dynamiting
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
empty
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
enormous
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
February
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
Federal
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
folks
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
followed
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
force
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
got
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
government
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
houses
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
idea
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
Innsmouth
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
investigation
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
jails
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
Keener
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
large
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
learned
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
liquor
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
made
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
major
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
making
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
Massachusetts
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
men
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
monstrousness
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
nation
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
news-followers
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
number
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
occurred
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
occurrence
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
officials
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
out
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
over-hung
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
pass
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
precautionsplural nounUS /prɪˈkɔʃənz/
actions taken to prevent danger
From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
prisoners
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
prodigious
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
public
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
raids
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
regular
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
reported
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
seaport
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
secrecy
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
seen
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
series
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
somehow
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
souls
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
spasmodic
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
stench-cursed
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
strange
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
suitable
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
supposedly
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
surrounding
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
there
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
thereafter
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
town
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
trials
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From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
Uninquiring
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
Unspeakable
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
used
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From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
vast
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
war
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From this reading Uninquiring souls let this occurrence pass as one of the major clashes in a spasmodic war on liquor.
waterfront
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading No trials, or even definite charges, were reported; nor were any of the captives seen thereafter in the regular jails of the nation.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
winter
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From this reading _Unspeakable monstrousness over-hung the crumbling, stench-cursed town of Innsmouth ... and folks there had somehow got out of the idea of dying...._ During the winter of 1927-28 Federal government officials made a strange and secret investigation of certain conditions in the ancient Massachusetts seaport of Innsmouth.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Keener news-followers, however, wondered at the prodigious number of arrests, the abnormally large force of men used in making them, and the secrecy surrounding the disposal of the prisoners.
worm-eaten
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From this reading The public first learned of it in February, when a vast series of raids and arrests occurred, followed by the deliberate burning and dynamiting--under suitable precautions--of an enormous number of crumbling, worm-eaten, and supposedly empty houses along the abandoned waterfront.
