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From this reading A French merchant charged a carrier’s wife with stealing £40.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
perfect or complete or pure
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After great search the money was found and restored.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The carrier’s wife denied all knowledge of it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After great search the money was found and restored.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
Burghley
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From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
carrier'snounUS /ˈkæriərz/
possessive form of “carrier” — someone whose employment involves carrying something
From this reading A French merchant charged a carrier’s wife with stealing £40.
chargedadjectiveUS /tʃɑːrdʒd/
of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
confessionsnounUS /kənˈfeʃənz/
plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
dealingnounUS /ˈdiːlɪŋ/
method or manner of conduct in relation to others
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
deniedverbUS /dɪˈnaɪd/
inflected form of “deny” — declare untrue; contradict
From this reading The carrier’s wife denied all knowledge of it.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
Fleetwood
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From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
a powerful effect or influence
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
set up or found
From this reading After great search the money was found and restored.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading A French merchant charged a carrier’s wife with stealing £40.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading After great search the money was found and restored.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
provoking horror
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The carrier’s wife denied all knowledge of it.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading The carrier’s wife denied all knowledge of it.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
merchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading A French merchant charged a carrier’s wife with stealing £40.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading After great search the money was found and restored.
come into possession of
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
offences
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From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
RecordernounUS /rɪˈkɔːrdər/
equipment for making records
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
reportsnounUS /rɪˈpɔːrts/
plural of “report” — a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
restoredverbUS /rɪˈstɔːrd/
past form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading After great search the money was found and restored.
routinenounUS /ruːˈtiːn/
an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading After great search the money was found and restored.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
stealingnounUS /ˈstiːlɪŋ/
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
From this reading A French merchant charged a carrier’s wife with stealing £40.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
the act of using
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
precisely as stated
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading After great search the money was found and restored.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Here is a very horrible story which Fleetwood reports to Lord Burghley as a matter of every day routine.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading A French merchant charged a carrier’s wife with stealing £40.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Recorder seems to have had absolute power in dealing with prisoners charged with offences, to use force to obtain confessions.
