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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 Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His forehead showed damp in the lamplight and there was an unpleasant glitter in his eyes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
athwartnounUS /ˈathwart/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
back
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
Batley
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From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
book
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
cards
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
chair
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
cigar
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
counters
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
CRESTWICK
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
Crestwicks
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
damp
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From this reading His forehead showed damp in the lamplight and there was an unpleasant glitter in his eyes.
drifted
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
eager
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From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
eyes
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From this reading His forehead showed damp in the lamplight and there was an unpleasant glitter in his eyes.
face
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
filled
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
filmy
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
flung
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
flushed
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From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
forehead
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From this reading His forehead showed damp in the lamplight and there was an unpleasant glitter in his eyes.
GIVES
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
Gladwyne
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
glance
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
glitter
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From this reading His forehead showed damp in the lamplight and there was an unpleasant glitter in his eyes.
green-shaded
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
hand
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
hanging-lamp
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
hot
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
house
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
just
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
lamp
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
lamplight
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From this reading His forehead showed damp in the lamplight and there was an unpleasant glitter in his eyes.
languid
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
leaned
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
light
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
Lisle
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
looking
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From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
Marple's
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
noted
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
opposite
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From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
partly
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
room
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
sat
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
showed
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From this reading His forehead showed damp in the lamplight and there was an unpleasant glitter in his eyes.
smile
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
smoke
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
staying
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
streaks
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
studying
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
table
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From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
There
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
thoughtful
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From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
TROUBLE
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From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
unhealthily
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From this reading Next to him sat Batley, looking thoughtful; and Crestwick sat opposite Lisle, eager and unhealthily flushed.
unpleasant
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From this reading His forehead showed damp in the lamplight and there was an unpleasant glitter in his eyes.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Lisle sat beneath the lamp, studying the cards in his hand, until he leaned back in his chair and flung a glance about the table.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
waiting
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From this reading There were no counters on it, but Gladwyne had just noted something in a little book and was waiting with a languid smile upon his handsome face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading CRESTWICK GIVES TROUBLE The little room in Marple's house, where the Crestwicks were staying, was hot and partly filled with cigar smoke which drifted in filmy streaks athwart the light of the green-shaded hanging-lamp.
