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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 I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
appear
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
appointed
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
assist
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
attempt
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
Auguste
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
aware
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
barbarous
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
bearing
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From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
BLAVATSKY
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
brink
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
business
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From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
commonplace
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
cruelty
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
cunning
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
Czar
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
describe
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
devotion
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
difficulty
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
disposed
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
dispute
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
doubt
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
engaged
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From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
experiments
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
far
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
fiction
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
framing
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
full
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
hour
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
impression
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
incident
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
incidents
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
incredible
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
insanity
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
know
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
left
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
little
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
M
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
MADAME
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
mixture
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
narrate
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From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
narrated
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From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
oratory
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
over-civilized
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
Palace
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
plausible
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
presented
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
PrincessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
recorded
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
removed
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
s
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
scene
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
seldom
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
sensuality
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
simply
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From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
Slav
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
SPIRIT
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
spiritualist
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
story
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
strange
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
stranger
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
temperament
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From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
truth
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
undertaken
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From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
weird
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
well
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From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I am well aware that truth is stranger than fiction, and I should have little difficulty, if I were so disposed, in framing a story, full of plausible, commonplace incidents, which no one could doubt or dispute.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I have narrated it, simply because I have undertaken to narrate everything bearing on the business in which I was engaged.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
Winter
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF MADAME BLAVATSKY At the hour appointed by the Czar I presented myself at the Winter Palace to assist at the spiritualist experiments of M. Auguste.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To those who do not know the Slav temperament, with its strange mixture of sensuality and devotion, of barbarous cruelty and over-civilized cunning, seldom far removed from the brink of insanity, the incident I have recorded will appear incredible.
Y
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From this reading I shall not attempt to describe the impression left by the weird scene in the Princess Y----'s oratory.
