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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 Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
absence
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
almost
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From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
also
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
bothering
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
Burne-Jones
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
changed
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
choice
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
clock
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From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
CouncilnounUS /council/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
decanter
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From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
down
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
far
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
fidgety
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
folding-doors
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From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
glass
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From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
glorious
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
grandfather's
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From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
hand
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
hang
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From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
hanging
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From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
head
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
Hollyer's
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
humming
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
hung
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From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
less
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
made
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From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
midnight
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From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
Mr
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
night
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
notice
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
once
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From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
pair
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
pictures
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
places
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
pointed
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From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
Raffles
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
rather
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
recognise
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
renderings
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
replenished
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From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
saw
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From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
seen
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
shut
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From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
side
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From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
sit
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
slightest
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
snatchnounUS /snatch/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
some
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
stop
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From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
straight
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From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
syphon
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From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
too
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
tune
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From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
two
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
usual
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
War
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From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
Watts
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The folding-doors were shut, and the grandfather's clock on one side of them made it almost midnight.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Council of War Raffles was humming a snatch of something too choice for me to recognise when I drew in my head from the glorious night.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But it seemed that they must hang where he had hung them, and for once I saw them hanging straight.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Raffles would not stop his tune for me, but he pointed to the syphon and decanter, and I replenished my glass.
zealous
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From this reading He had a glass beside him also, which was less usual, but he did not sit down beside his glass; he was far too fidgety for that; even bothering about a pair of pictures which had changed places under some zealous hand in his absence, or rather two of Mr. Hollyer's fine renderings of Watts and Burne-Jones of which I had never seen Raffles take the slightest notice before.
