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11
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The opening campaign against Forbes had practically ended that day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
bamboozle
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
boardinghouses
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
campaign
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From this reading The opening campaign against Forbes had practically ended that day.
carefully
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
Charlotte
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
Chinamen
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
Chinese
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
communicated
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
compatriots
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
concealed
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
contemplated
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
costume
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
day
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From this reading The opening campaign against Forbes had practically ended that day.
decided
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From this reading Ultimately, he decided to say nothing definite that evening.
definite
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From this reading Ultimately, he decided to say nothing definite that evening.
detectives
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
dress
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
East
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
End
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
ended
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From this reading The opening campaign against Forbes had practically ended that day.
European
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
evening
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From this reading Ultimately, he decided to say nothing definite that evening.
fact
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
Forbes
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From this reading The opening campaign against Forbes had practically ended that day.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ultimately, he decided to say nothing definite that evening.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
hunt
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
inform
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
inmates
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
Len
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
live
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
living
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
Manchus
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
meant
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
minds
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
miscreants
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
mislead
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Ultimately, he decided to say nothing definite that evening.
Now
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
opening
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From this reading The opening campaign against Forbes had practically ended that day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
police
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
practically
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From this reading The opening campaign against Forbes had practically ended that day.
raid
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
rendezvous
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
revert
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
say
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From this reading Ultimately, he decided to say nothing definite that evening.
searching
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
separate
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
SETTLEMENT
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
Shi
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
Street
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
style
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The opening campaign against Forbes had practically ended that day.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
Thenceforth
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
thus
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
two
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
Ultimately
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From this reading Ultimately, he decided to say nothing definite that evening.
utterly
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
vital
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From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
week
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE SETTLEMENT Now, Len Shi had communicated one vital fact to his compatriots which they had carefully concealed from the detectives.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
Winter
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From this reading Winter was in two minds whether or not to inform the inmates of No. 11 as to the contemplated raid on the Charlotte Street rendezvous.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
Young
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From this reading Thenceforth, for a week, the Young Manchus meant to separate, revert to Chinese costume, live in Chinese boardinghouses in the East End, and thus utterly mislead and bamboozle the police, who, in their hunt for the miscreants, would be searching for Chinamen in European dress and living in European style.
