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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 You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
absolutely
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
according
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
affair
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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
alighted
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
all
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From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
any
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
appeared
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
arrest
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
askance
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
bad
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
baffling
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
brief
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From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
came
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From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
citizens
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
city
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condition
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
consciences
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
Crussol
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
culminate
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entire
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
epidemics
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
especially
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
excitable
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
ferment
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
furtively
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
general
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
good
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
happened
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
immunity
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
impressionable
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
just
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From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
kept
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knew
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
Latin
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London
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long
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
looks
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
Madame
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
massacre
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miscreants
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
moment
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
motor-dacoitage
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much
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From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
murderous
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
nervous
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From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
next
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
occasion
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
occasionally
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
oppressions
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
panic
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
Paris
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
past
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
perhaps
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persistent
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
petrol-driven
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
plague
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police
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
populace
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
possible
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
prevailed
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
provocative
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
psychologic
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
race
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
reckless
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
rendered
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
replica
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reprisals
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
searching
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
seize
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
Sidney
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siege
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From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
some
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
state
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Street
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suffering
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
terror
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
time
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From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
turn
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From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
vehicle
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
very
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From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
walking
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not very much, after all: just this.
way
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
weeks
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From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
Well
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From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
whole
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From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Paris, it appeared, was suffering, had been suffering for some weeks, from one of those epidemics of panic which will occasionally seize on an entire populace--especially if of the excitable and impressionable Latin race--and we happened to have alighted on it at the psychologic moment.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Well, that was the occasion; and, according to Madame Crussol, a general condition of terror prevailed; good citizens walking furtively, with looks askance at every petrol-driven vehicle, and bad searching their consciences for past oppressions in any possible way provocative of reprisals.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading No one knew whose turn it would be next with these murderous miscreants, whom a persistent baffling of the police and long immunity from arrest had rendered absolutely reckless.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You will remember, perhaps, that brief plague of motor-dacoitage which for a time kept the whole city in a state of nervous ferment, until it came to culminate in a siege and massacre which were very much a replica of the London Sidney Street affair?
