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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 WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
antechamber
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
back
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
ball-room
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A light tap and the door was opened by Kearns.
Captain
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
Chancellerie
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
conversation
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
corridor
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
door
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
duty
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
exit
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
first
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
good
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From this reading “Back in good time, I hope!” whispered the Captain.
GREEK
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
hand
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
hasty
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
hope
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From this reading “Back in good time, I hope!” whispered the Captain.
hurried
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Back in good time, I hope!” whispered the Captain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Back in good time, I hope!” whispered the Captain.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
Kearns
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From this reading A light tap and the door was opened by Kearns.
last
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
light
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From this reading A light tap and the door was opened by Kearns.
lingering
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
made
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
MEETS
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
minutes
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
Mortimer
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
opened
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From this reading A light tap and the door was opened by Kearns.
passed
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
post
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
pressure
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From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
reached
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
returned
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
salutes
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
sentinels
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
several
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
stopped
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
suite
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
Swords
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
tap
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From this reading A light tap and the door was opened by Kearns.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
then
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
three
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
time
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From this reading “Back in good time, I hope!” whispered the Captain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A light tap and the door was opened by Kearns.
way
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From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
went
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From this reading He reached the corridor, returned the salutes of the three sentinels as he passed, and went into the antechamber.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK A last, lingering pressure of the hand, a hasty exit from the ball-room and Captain Mortimer hurried back to his post of duty.
whispered
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From this reading “Back in good time, I hope!” whispered the Captain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He stopped for several minutes’ conversation with Captain Swords and then made his way to the first door of the Chancellerie suite.
