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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 streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
abroad
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
Apparently
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
belated
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From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
bellowed
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
blazed
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
blew
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
bordering
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
business
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
call
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
came
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
case
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
Charenton
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
COUNTERPLOTS
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From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
deserted
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
direction
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
down
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
downpour
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
Fandor's
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fast
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
fiercely
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
fought
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From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
gale
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From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
growling
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From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
height
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From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
indeed
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
journalist
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
Jérôme
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
lightning
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
man
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
night
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
nine
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From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
o'clock
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From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
pedestrian
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From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
pitiless
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
PLOTS
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From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
quays
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
rain
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
resolutely
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
Seine
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
storm
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From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
streets
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
teeth
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From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
thunder
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
torrents
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
urgent
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From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
walking
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From this reading Apparently such was Jérôme Fandor’s case, for the journalist was walking fast and resolutely under the pitiless downpour along the quays bordering the Seine in the direction of Charenton.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS It was nine o’clock, and the storm was at its height.
way
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From this reading As he fought his way against the gale, the belated pedestrian was growling between his teeth:
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The streets were deserted, for a man must indeed have had urgent business to call him abroad on such a night.
wind
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From this reading The rain came down in torrents, the wind blew fiercely, lightning blazed and thunder bellowed.
