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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 It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
acquaintances
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
activities
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
admirers
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
adventurer
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
beast
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From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
bottle
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From this reading After the third bottle of champagne, it transpired that the luncheon party had a further object.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
byways
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
celebrate
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
champagne
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From this reading After the third bottle of champagne, it transpired that the luncheon party had a further object.
chanced
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
city
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
culmination
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
Dane
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
direction
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
Empress
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
exploitation
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
fell
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
finance
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
financial
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
flotation
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
further
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
give
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
guests
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After the third bottle of champagne, it transpired that the luncheon party had a further object.
Hall
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
Hartwell
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
highways
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
It's
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From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
Joe
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
lot
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
luncheon
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
made
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
man
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
many
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
Mason
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
Montague
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
Mr
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
Music
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
object
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From this reading After the third bottle of champagne, it transpired that the luncheon party had a further object.
observed
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From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
peregrinations
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From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
Philip
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
plan
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
queer
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From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
run
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From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
Shoreditch
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
soon
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
subsidiary
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
swindle
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the course of his financial peregrinations amongst the highways and byways of the city, Mr. Dane Montague made many acquaintances.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After the third bottle of champagne, it transpired that the luncheon party had a further object.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
too
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From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
town
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
trans-atlantic
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
transpired
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From this reading After the third bottle of champagne, it transpired that the luncheon party had a further object.
underworlds
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From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
well-known
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It chanced that soon after the exploitation of the Shoreditch Empress Music Hall, a flotation which brought Mr. Montague many admirers from the underworlds of finance, it fell to his lot to give a luncheon party to celebrate the culmination of a subsidiary financial swindle and to plan further activities in the same direction.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It's queer that you should have run across the little beast, too," Mr. Dane Montague observed.
young
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From this reading His guests were Philip Mason, the well-known man about town, and Joe Hartwell, the trans-atlantic young adventurer.
