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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 STUDENT OF MEN AND WOMEN.
accept
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
all
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A STUDENT OF MEN AND WOMEN.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
Beauville
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From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
beg
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
closed
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
compensation
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
dressmaker's
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
ex-police-officer
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From this reading And then Heathcote and the ex-police-officer rose to take leave.
eyes
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
feverish
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
fingers
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
give
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
given
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
gold
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
hand
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
Heathcote
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From this reading And then Heathcote and the ex-police-officer rose to take leave.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
information
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
leave
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From this reading And then Heathcote and the ex-police-officer rose to take leave.
light
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
lonely
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
Mademoiselle
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From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
MEN
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From this reading A STUDENT OF MEN AND WOMEN.
minutes
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From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
Mr
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A STUDENT OF MEN AND WOMEN.
pieces
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
power
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
quietly
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From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
rose
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From this reading And then Heathcote and the ex-police-officer rose to take leave.
said
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
shone
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
sincerely
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
skinny
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
slipping
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
small
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
some
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From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
spinster's
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From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
STUDENT
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From this reading A STUDENT OF MEN AND WOMEN.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then Heathcote and the ex-police-officer rose to take leave.
thank
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then Heathcote and the ex-police-officer rose to take leave.
then
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From this reading And then Heathcote and the ex-police-officer rose to take leave.
There
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From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then Heathcote and the ex-police-officer rose to take leave.
twenty-franc
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
wasted
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From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
wept
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From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a silence of some minutes, during which Mademoiselle Beauville wept quietly.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lonely spinster's eyes shone with a feverish light as her skinny fingers closed upon the gold.
WOMEN
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From this reading A STUDENT OF MEN AND WOMEN.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I thank you sincerely, Mademoiselle, for having given me all the information in your power to give, and I must beg you to accept some small compensation for the time I have wasted," said Mr. Heathcote, slipping a couple of twenty-franc pieces into the dressmaker's hand.
