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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 A MYSTERIOUS ARREST.
allusion
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From this reading The local newspaper dared not publish the remotest allusion to the matter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
ARREST
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From this reading A MYSTERIOUS ARREST.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A young man had been seized with seditious publications.
certain
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
dared
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From this reading The local newspaper dared not publish the remotest allusion to the matter.
deaf-mute
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
disclose
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
failed
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
far
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
first
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From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
gendarmes
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A young man had been seized with seditious publications.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
identity
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
local
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From this reading The local newspaper dared not publish the remotest allusion to the matter.
man
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From this reading A young man had been seized with seditious publications.
matter
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From this reading The local newspaper dared not publish the remotest allusion to the matter.
maze
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From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
Miroslav
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From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
much
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
MYSTERIOUSadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS ARREST.
newspaper
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From this reading The local newspaper dared not publish the remotest allusion to the matter.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The local newspaper dared not publish the remotest allusion to the matter.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
political
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From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
pretended
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
prisoner
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
procureur
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
publications
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From this reading A young man had been seized with seditious publications.
publish
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From this reading The local newspaper dared not publish the remotest allusion to the matter.
remotest
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From this reading The local newspaper dared not publish the remotest allusion to the matter.
report
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From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
seditious
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From this reading A young man had been seized with seditious publications.
seemed
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From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
seized
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From this reading A young man had been seized with seditious publications.
shifting
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From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
spreading
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From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This much seemed certain: the prisoner pretended to be a deaf-mute and so far the gendarmes and the procureur had failed to disclose his identity.
versions
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From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the first political arrest in Miroslav, and the report was spreading in a maze of shifting versions.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A young man had been seized with seditious publications.
young
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From this reading A young man had been seized with seditious publications.
