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Adams
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
also
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
Arnott
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
Baker
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
bicycle
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
break
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
cause
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
cloud
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
contact
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
contained
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
disagreeable
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
displayed
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
disturbance
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
dust
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
eerie
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
fingers
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
followed
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From this reading Had she followed her own inclination she would have shredded it into pieces, and scattered the pieces over the roadway.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
inclination
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From this reading Had she followed her own inclination she would have shredded it into pieces, and scattered the pieces over the roadway.
inside
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
instinctive
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
Jim
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
learn
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
machine
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
marked
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
Miss
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
Mr
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
much
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
NOTE
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
only
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
out
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
own
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From this reading Had she followed her own inclination she would have shredded it into pieces, and scattered the pieces over the roadway.
paper
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
pieces
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From this reading Had she followed her own inclination she would have shredded it into pieces, and scattered the pieces over the roadway.
possessed
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
progress
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
rather
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
reluctance
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
retreating
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
ridiculous
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
roadway
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From this reading Had she followed her own inclination she would have shredded it into pieces, and scattered the pieces over the roadway.
scattered
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From this reading Had she followed her own inclination she would have shredded it into pieces, and scattered the pieces over the roadway.
scrap
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
seals
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
shredded
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From this reading Had she followed her own inclination she would have shredded it into pieces, and scattered the pieces over the roadway.
sight
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
singular
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
somewhat
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
Then
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
there
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From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
turned
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From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
unwillingness
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From this reading THE "NOTE" Miss Arnott displayed somewhat singular unwillingness to break the seals.
vanished
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
watched
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From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Then she turned the scrap of paper over and over in her fingers, possessed by an instinctive reluctance to learn what it contained.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She watched Mr Adams retreating on his bicycle; not only till the machine itself was out of sight, but the cloud of dust which marked its progress had vanished also.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It seemed ridiculous to suppose that Jim Baker could have anything to cause her disturbance, yet she had an eerie feeling that there was something disagreeable inside his "note," something which she would much rather not come into contact with.
