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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 XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
all
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
also
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From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
Appleby
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
ATTEMPT
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
banker
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
banker's
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
branched
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
brisk
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
business
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
café
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
ceased
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From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
decided
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
evenings
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
evidently
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From this reading It was evidently of some importance, and he remembered that it was not money the man he had surprised at the hacienda was in search of.
few
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
find
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
footsteps
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From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
given
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
hacienda
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From this reading It was evidently of some importance, and he remembered that it was not money the man he had surprised at the hacienda was in search of.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
hand
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
heard
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From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
home
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
house
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
importance
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From this reading It was evidently of some importance, and he remembered that it was not money the man he had surprised at the hacienda was in search of.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
inner
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
just
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
later
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
lay
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
left
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
letter
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
likely
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
little
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
lived
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
man
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
merchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
minutes
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
moment's
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
money
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From this reading It was evidently of some importance, and he remembered that it was not money the man he had surprised at the hacienda was in search of.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was evidently of some importance, and he remembered that it was not money the man he had surprised at the hacienda was in search of.
noticed
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From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
off
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
plaza
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
pocket
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
probability
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
probably
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
raised
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
reflection
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
remembered
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From this reading It was evidently of some importance, and he remembered that it was not money the man he had surprised at the hacienda was in search of.
scarcely
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
search
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From this reading It was evidently of some importance, and he remembered that it was not money the man he had surprised at the hacienda was in search of.
SECOND
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
several
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
significance
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
some
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
somewhat
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From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
special
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
spent
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
stopped
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
streets
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
suddenly
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From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
surmised
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From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
surprised
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From this reading It was evidently of some importance, and he remembered that it was not money the man he had surprised at the hacienda was in search of.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
then
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This, he surmised, had in all probability no special significance; but he raised his hand to an inner pocket where the letter the banker had given him lay.
tobacco
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
trifling
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From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
two
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From this reading Appleby had, however, stopped somewhat suddenly, and noticed that the footsteps he had heard behind him also ceased a second or two later.
walk
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He had some trifling business with a tobacco merchant who lived in one of them, but he decided after a moment’s reflection that it was scarcely likely he would find the man, who probably spent the evenings at a café, at home just then.
XIII
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From this reading XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT IT was at a brisk walk Appleby left the banker’s house, but he stopped a few minutes later where several streets branched off from a little plaza.
