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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 It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit.
acts
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
ages
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........
appeal
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........
authors
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
case
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
contended
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
Copies
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crime
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dedicate
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
devil
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit.
down
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
due
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
echoing
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
EDITION
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features
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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Forster's
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
glory
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
hands
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
horror
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
humanity
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........
ink
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From this reading It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
LOUIS
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mingled
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
more
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
Mr
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
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nobility
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
now
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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only
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ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
Parnell
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
posterity
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preserves
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
printed
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reason
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relish
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
ROBERT
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sale
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serious
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From this reading It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit.
silent
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
sits
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From this reading Horror, in this case, is due to Mr. Parnell: he sits before posterity silent, Mr. Forster's appeal echoing down the ages.
Sixty
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit.
some
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
spirit
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From this reading It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit.
STEVENSON
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still
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
strain
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
SWANSTON
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temptation
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From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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Thousand
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
touched
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
Twenty-five
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Two
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ugly
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
volume
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From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
Volumes
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wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It were a waste of ink to do so in a serious spirit.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Let us dedicate our horror to acts of a more mingled strain, where crime preserves some features of nobility, and where reason and humanity can still relish the temptation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale._ _This is No._ ........
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
Works
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yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _In the volume now in your hands, the authors have touched upon that ugly devil of crime, with which it is your glory to have contended.
