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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 Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
all
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
away
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
betray
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From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
blighted
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
Bruce
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From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
Cairnforth
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
Campbell
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From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
care
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
church-yard
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
circumstances
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
dearest
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From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
early
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
EitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
element
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
else
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
emotions
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
enduring
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
erected
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
experience
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
extravagant
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
forever
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
friends
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From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
grave
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
Grayfriars
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
guessed
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From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
Helen
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From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
husband
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
leaving
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
Lord
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
made
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
many
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
married
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
maternal
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
months
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
more
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
most
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
mother
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From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
Mrs
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From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
named
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
nearest
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From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
necessary
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
only
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From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
other
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
people
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
personal
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From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
predominates
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
pretense
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
rarely
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
rarest
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
regrets
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
relations
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From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
sad
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
seem
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
silent
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
sorrow
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
taken
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
term
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
tomb-stone
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From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
truly
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From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had passed away, leaving no more enduring memory than the tomb-stone which Lord Cairnforth had erected in Grayfriars' church-yard.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
widowhood
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From this reading She was grave, sad, silent, for many months during her early term of widowhood, but she made no pretense of extravagant sorrow, and, except under the rarest and most necessary circumstances, she never even named her husband.
wifely
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nothing did she betray about him, or her personal relations with him, even to her nearest and dearest friends.
women
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From this reading Either she was one of those women in whom the maternal element predominates--who seem born to take care of other people and rarely to be taken care of themselves--or else her cruel experience of married life had forever blighted in her all wifely emotions--even wifely regrets.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Good Mrs. Campbell had guessed truly that from this time forward Helen Bruce would be only a mother.
