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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 He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
absorb
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From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
affair
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From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
almost
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
any
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
appeared
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From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
ardent
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From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
caught
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From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
caution
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
Corvick
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
crowd
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From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
delicacy
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
discretion
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From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
doubt
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
enjoyment
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From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
feel
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
further
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From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
George
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
Gwendolen
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From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
Gwendolen's
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From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
hand
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From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
high
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From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
idea
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From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
indifferent
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From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
instantly
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From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
instinctively
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From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
insult
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
intellectual
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From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
light
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From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
made
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
now
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From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
offer
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From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
pastime
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From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
pledge
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From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
pride
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From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
received
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
response
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From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
shared
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From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
spoke
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From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
throw
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From this reading Their intellectual pride, however, was not such as to make them indifferent to any further light I might throw on the affair they had in hand.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
too
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From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
Vereker's
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From this reading They appeared to have caught instinctively at Vereker’s high idea of enjoyment.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had instantly told Gwendolen, but Gwendolen’s ardent response was in itself a pledge of discretion.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The question would now absorb them and would offer them a pastime too precious to be shared with the crowd.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading WHEN I spoke to George Corvick of the caution I had received he made me feel that any doubt of his delicacy would be almost an insult.
