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adventure
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There he remained for the night, and came back by train to Burwain in the afternoon of the ensuing day.
airship
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
all
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
Anne
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
arrived
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
back
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
Burwain
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There he remained for the night, and came back by train to Burwain in the afternoon of the ensuing day.
Caldershaw's
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
came
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
car
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
confession
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
considering
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
criminal
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
day
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
descend
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
Destiny
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
Dredge
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
drifted
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
ensuing
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From this reading There he remained for the night, and came back by train to Burwain in the afternoon of the ensuing day.
evening
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
fallen
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
Grain
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
height
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
how
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
inform
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
Inspector
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
island
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
Lodge
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
managed
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
Miss
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
motor
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
night
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From this reading There he remained for the night, and came back by train to Burwain in the afternoon of the ensuing day.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
outskirts
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
pieces
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
place
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
proved
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
relate
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From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There he remained for the night, and came back by train to Burwain in the afternoon of the ensuing day.
revealed
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
room
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
search
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
shortly
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
small
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
taken
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From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
Tarhaven
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
There
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From this reading There he remained for the night, and came back by train to Burwain in the afternoon of the ensuing day.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
train
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From this reading There he remained for the night, and came back by train to Burwain in the afternoon of the ensuing day.
unmanageable
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Inspector Dredge came to The Lodge that same evening to relate all that had taken place, and to inform us how he had come to Burwain.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
Weston
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From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading So Miss Destiny was the criminal after all, and her confession alone revealed what had taken place in Anne Caldershaw's back room, shortly before I had arrived in my motor car to search for adventure.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We did not hear until the next day what Weston thought, as his airship proved to be unmanageable, and drifted over toward the island of Grain, where he managed to descend.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
woman's
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
wonder
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From this reading The little woman's body was found broken in pieces on the outskirts of Tarhaven, and small wonder, considering the terrible height from which she had fallen.
