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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 He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
abduction
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The man above heard the door open and close again, and stood watching.
act
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man above heard the door open and close again, and stood watching.
all
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
arrangements
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
charge
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
ChorusnounUS /ˈkɔrəs/
a group singing together
From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
close
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From this reading The man above heard the door open and close again, and stood watching.
colonel
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
dark
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
detect
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
disappearance
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
disappearing
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
door
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
evening
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
failed
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
FALL
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
figure
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
finishing
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
flight
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
gang
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
hall
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
heard
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From this reading The man above heard the door open and close again, and stood watching.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
irritable
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
jerkily
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
landing
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
Maisie
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
man
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From this reading The man above heard the door open and close again, and stood watching.
margin
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
member
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
minor
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
more
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
moving
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
narrowest
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
nervous
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
noiselessly
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
occasion
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
only
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The man above heard the door open and close again, and stood watching.
opened
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
out
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
outer
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
paced
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
participant
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
PINTO
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
putting
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
rendered
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
restless
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
room
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
scheme
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
second
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
see
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
servant
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
Soldiers
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
stairs
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man above heard the door open and close again, and stood watching.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
there
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
touches
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
Twice
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
up
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From this reading On the first occasion there was nothing to see, but on the second it was only by the narrowest margin of time that he failed to detect a dark figure moving noiselessly up the stairs and disappearing on to the second landing.
villainy
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
wandered
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From this reading Twice in the course of the evening he wandered through the hall, opened the outer door, and looked out on to the landing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
watching
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From this reading The man above heard the door open and close again, and stood watching.
WhilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
whistling
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From this reading THE FALL OF PINTO Whilst Pinto was putting the finishing touches to his scheme of flight, the colonel paced his room, whistling the "Soldiers' Chorus" jerkily.
White
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From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was restless and nervous, and rendered all the more irritable by the disappearance of his servant, a minor member of the gang, who had been a participant in every act of villainy, and who had been in charge of the arrangements for the abduction of Maisie White.
