Chapter I

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

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From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

the past participle of “be”

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

confined by bonds

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading E.C.

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

a distinguishing emblem

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

plural of “copy” — a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

female equivalent of a count or earl

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

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United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)

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a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading E.C.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

a division of the United Kingdom

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of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918

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a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

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From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

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From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

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above and across; more than

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

(Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as “our father”

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a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

inflected form of “plot” — plan secretly, usually something illegal

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

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red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

third-person singular of “rive” — tear or be torn violently

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take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

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From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

disposed of to a purchaser

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plural of “spy” — (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

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a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

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the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

a fierce or audacious person

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

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From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Red Rob of the Islands A Story of New Guinea By COUNTESS BARCY[`N]SKA The Honey Pot By EDNA LYALL Donovan 300th Thousand We Two 250th Thousand London: HURST & BLACKETT Ltd., Paternoster House.

the speaker together with one or more other people

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morally bad in principle or practice

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From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.

possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading _Over a million copies have already been sold._ By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Troubetzkoy) World's End By MAURICE LEBLANC The Teeth of the Tiger By WILLIAM LE QUEUX The Man from Downing Street By WILLIAM LE QUEUX Secrets of the Foreign Office The House of the Wicked

a loose dressing gown for women

From this reading _Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England_ _By William Le Queux: Author of "The Invasion of 1910"_ Each cloth bound, with picture wrapper in colours.