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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 A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
afterward
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
amply
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
appeared
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Beaulieu
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Beckett
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
better
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From this reading To me at first sight it seemed no better than lunacy.
bring
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From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
came
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Carlo
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
completed
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
consider
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From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
Ernest
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
even
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From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
excitement
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
experiment
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
Fifeshire
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
first
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From this reading To me at first sight it seemed no better than lunacy.
FIVE
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
fortnight
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
France
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
friend
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
full
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
Funeral
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Gambler's
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
great
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Grimthorpe
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
importance
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
INTERLUDE
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
just
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Life
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
London
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Lord
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
lunacy
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From this reading To me at first sight it seemed no better than lunacy.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Monte
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
MONTHS
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
morning
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
new
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From this reading This project was to play a new system at Monte Carlo.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading To me at first sight it seemed no better than lunacy.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
obvious
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
play
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From this reading This project was to play a new system at Monte Carlo.
political
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
project
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
proved
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
Riviera
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
said
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
second
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
see
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
seemed
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From this reading To me at first sight it seemed no better than lunacy.
seriously
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From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
sight
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From this reading To me at first sight it seemed no better than lunacy.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
some
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
south
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
speaking
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
spending
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
state
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Suicide
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
system
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From this reading This project was to play a new system at Monte Carlo.
talk
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading To me at first sight it seemed no better than lunacy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This project was to play a new system at Monte Carlo.
time
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From this reading I could not for some time even bring myself to consider it seriously.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
value
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
Venture
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
Villa
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From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
weeks
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From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral One May morning in London, when I had just completed a fortnight of political speaking in Fifeshire, a friend of mine, Ernest Beckett (afterward the second Lord Grimthorpe), came in a state of obvious excitement to see me, and talk, so he said, about something of great importance.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had, it appeared, been spending some weeks in the south of France, and was full of a project the value of which had, so he said, been amply proved by experiment.
