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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 two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
actors
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From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
advanced
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
all
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
annoyance
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
apparently
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From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
Barbarians
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
battlements
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
black
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
chief
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From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
class
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
compelled
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
confusion
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
Doris
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
dramatic
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
drive
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From this reading Sir Luke and the Under-Secretary had paused in the drive.
Dunstable
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
Dunstable's
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
England
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
enjoyed
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
extricate
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
eyes
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
figure
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
fixed
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
followed
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
fortified
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
guessed
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sir Luke and the Under-Secretary had paused in the drive.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
hawk's
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
how
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
indeed
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
ladies
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
Lady
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
lawn
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
leave
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
looks
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
loss
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
Luke
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From this reading Sir Luke and the Under-Secretary had paused in the drive.
Meadows
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
more
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From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
other
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
paused
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From this reading Sir Luke and the Under-Secretary had paused in the drive.
post
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
powerful
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
progress
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
prosperousadjectiveUS /ˈprɑspərəs/
successful and without serious problems
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
rising
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
ruled
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
scene
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
showed
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
Sir
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From this reading Sir Luke and the Under-Secretary had paused in the drive.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
speechless
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
tall
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
too
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
two
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
Under-Secretary
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From this reading Sir Luke and the Under-Secretary had paused in the drive.
unequal
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From this reading Nothing could apparently have been more unequal than the two chief actors in it.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
utterly
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
visitor
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
watched
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From this reading Their looks as they watched Lady Dunstable's progress showed that they guessed at something dramatic in the little scene.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
wife
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From this reading The two ladies advanced towards each other across the lawn, while Meadows followed his wife in speechless confusion and annoyance, utterly at a loss how to extricate either himself or Doris; compelled, indeed, to leave it all to her.
wiry
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From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lady Dunstable, with the battlements of "the great fortified post" rising behind her, tall and wiry of figure, her black hawk's eyes fixed upon her visitor, might have stood for all her class; for those too powerful and prosperous Barbarians who have ruled and enjoyed England so long.
