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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 She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
Accept
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From this reading At length she paused, fronting me, and said dryly,-- “Accept my congratulations.
aid
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
approaching
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
apt
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
calculation
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
called
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
characteristic
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
close
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
communicated
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
congratulations
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From this reading At length she paused, fronting me, and said dryly,-- “Accept my congratulations.
day
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
deliberately
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
difficult
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
down
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
dryly
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From this reading At length she paused, fronting me, and said dryly,-- “Accept my congratulations.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
everlasting
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
eyes
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
favourite
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
fingers
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
firm
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
firmer
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From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
fixed
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
floor
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
formula
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
friends
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From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
fronting
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From this reading At length she paused, fronting me, and said dryly,-- “Accept my congratulations.
gesture
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
glad
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
guard
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From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
hand
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
knitting
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
laid
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading At length she paused, fronting me, and said dryly,-- “Accept my congratulations.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
lightly
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
linking
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
listened
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At length she paused, fronting me, and said dryly,-- “Accept my congratulations.
meet
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From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
men
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
mesh
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
movement
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
Mrs
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
musing
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading At length she paused, fronting me, and said dryly,-- “Accept my congratulations.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
news
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
now
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From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
other
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
paced
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
palm
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
paused
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From this reading At length she paused, fronting me, and said dryly,-- “Accept my congratulations.
Poyntz
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
pressed
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
purport
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
rarely
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
reasoner
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
received
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From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
reflection
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
room
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
rose
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
said
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
settled
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
skein
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
smile
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From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
smiles
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From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
thoughts
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I called that day on Mrs. Poyntz, and communicated to her the purport of the glad news I had received.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
women
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From this reading She rose and paced the room as men are apt to do in reflection, women rarely need such movement to aid their thoughts; her eyes were fixed on the floor, and one hand was lightly pressed on the palm of the other,--the gesture of a musing reasoner who is approaching the close of a difficult calculation.
work
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From this reading She was still at work on the everlasting knitting, her firm fingers linking mesh into mesh as she listened; and when I had done, she laid her skein deliberately down, and said, in her favourite characteristic formula,-- “So at last?--that is settled!”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Life smiles on you now; guard that smile, and when we meet next, may we be even firmer friends than we are now!”
