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add
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
Askatoon
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
attitude
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From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
calculated
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From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
calculations
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
case
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From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
certain
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
considered
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
constantly
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
crime
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From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
dislike
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
distinctions
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
eyes
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
field
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From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
greatly
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
Guise
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
hand
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From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
homicide
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
how
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From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
induced
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
Joel
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
justifiable
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
killed
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
killing
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
main
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
man
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
matters
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
Mazarine
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
met
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
moral
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
most
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From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
nice
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
noticed
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
often
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From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
Orlando
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
peremptory
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
principle
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
public
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From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
railway-station
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
responsibility
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From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
rules
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mazarine would have been dead in either case; and he would have been killed by another hand in either case; but the attitude of the public would not have been the same in either case.
shocked
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
social
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
street
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From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
Students
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From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Students of life have noticed constantly that moral distinctions are not matters of principle but of certain peremptory rules found on nice calculations of the social mind.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In the field of crime, responsibility is most often calculated, not upon the crime itself, but upon how the thing is done.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
word
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
world
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From this reading The public would have considered the killing of Mazarine before the eyes of the world as justifiable homicide; its dislike of the man would have induced it to add the word justifiable.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In Askatoon, no one would have been greatly shocked if, when Orlando Guise and Joel Mazarine met at the railway-station or in the main street, Orlando had killed Mazarine.
