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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 The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
adventure
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
All
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
also
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From this reading He had also miscalculated the distance between Rankin the junior journalist and Rankin the celebrity.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
appointed
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From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
arrived
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From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
begin
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From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
Bloomsbury
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
button
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
celebrity
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From this reading He had also miscalculated the distance between Rankin the junior journalist and Rankin the celebrity.
certain
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
create
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
decided
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
distance
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
dizziness
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
enough
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
evening
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
hour
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From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
Hyde
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
interminably
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From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
journalist
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From this reading He had also miscalculated the distance between Rankin the junior journalist and Rankin the celebrity.
junior
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From this reading He had also miscalculated the distance between Rankin the junior journalist and Rankin the celebrity.
late
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
lived
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From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
miscalculated
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
misunderstanding
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
movement
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
off
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From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
Park
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
precluded
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
Rankin
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From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
Rankins
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From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
rather
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
reconciliation
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
Square
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From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
Sussex
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From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
swift
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
things
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
together
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
trouser
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From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
way
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From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Rankin lived in Sussex Square, which seemed to him an interminably long way off.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To begin with he arrived at the Rankins' half an hour after the time appointed.
work
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From this reading All things seemed to work together to create an evening of misunderstanding rather than of reconciliation.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The adventure with the trouser button, and a certain dizziness which precluded all swift and decided movement, would have been enough to make him late, even if he had not miscalculated the distance between Hyde Park and Bloomsbury.
