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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 CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
absolutely
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
admixture
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
ago
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
all
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
any
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
authorities
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
authorized
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
baser
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
business
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
capable
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
carat
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
Careful
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From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
carried
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
CAVERNnounUS /ˈkæv.ərn/
A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
century
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
children
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From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
coined
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
coiners
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
descending
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From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
distinguished
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
ducats
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
explanation
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
father
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From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
fifty
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
follow
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From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
full
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
genuine
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
gold
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
Gyulafehervar
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
inheritance
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From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
Koermoecz
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
lucrative
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From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
LUCSIA
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
married
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From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
men
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
metal
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
minting
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
more
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
nefarious
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
noses
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
notorious
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
now
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
out
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
parents
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From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
people
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From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
pieces
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
plied
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
profession
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From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
proved
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From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
real
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
royal
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
science
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From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
simple
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
society
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
son
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From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
successfully
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
there
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
three-and-twenty
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
towns
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
trained
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From this reading Careful parents trained their children to follow it, and a very lucrative profession it proved to be.
Transylvania
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
undetected
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
undiscovered
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
very
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
weight
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The science was an inheritance descending from father to son, people married and were born into it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
wide-spreading
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From this reading THE CAVERN OF LUCSIA Not so very long ago there was in Transylvania a wide-spreading society of coiners which, it is now notorious, had carried on its nefarious business undetected for more than half a century.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
years
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From this reading That it should have remained undiscovered for so long a time, that it should have been plied successfully for more than fifty years under the very noses of the authorities--all this was capable of a very simple explanation, _these men coined gold pieces_.
Yes
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From this reading Yes, genuine ducats, of full weight, out of real three-and-twenty carat gold, without any admixture of baser metal, so that they absolutely could not be distinguished from the royal ducats of the authorized minting towns, Koermoecz and Gyulafehervar.
