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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 monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
acts
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
alasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
always
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
anxiety
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
aware
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
became
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
conclusion
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
consistent
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From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
dining-room
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From this reading Jacobus was standing in the doorway of the dining-room.
door
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From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
doorway
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From this reading Jacobus was standing in the doorway of the dining-room.
EITHERdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
end
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From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
episode
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
feelings
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From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
gazed
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From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
girl
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
guess
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
guilt
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
hesitating
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From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
How
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
impossible
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
Jacobus
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From this reading Jacobus was standing in the doorway of the dining-room.
late
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
likely
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
lively
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
matter
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
maybe
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
monition
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
mute
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
once
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
perfectly
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From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
remembering
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
round
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
sense
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
sixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
some
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Jacobus was standing in the doorway of the dining-room.
struggle
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I gazed at the door, hesitating, but in the end I did neither.
there
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
too
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
tumultuous
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
warned
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From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The monition of some sixth sense—the sense of guilt, maybe, that sense which always acts too late, alas!—warned me to look round; and at once I became aware that the conclusion of this tumultuous episode was likely to be a matter of lively anxiety.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
witness
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From this reading How long he had been there it was impossible to guess; and remembering my struggle with the girl I thought he must have been its mute witness from beginning to end.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading EITHER would have been perfectly consistent with my feelings.
