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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 Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
assumed
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From this reading What importance he now assumed in my eyes!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Most probably the relation between the two ladies was that of mother and daughter.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
card
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
conjecture
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
daughter
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From this reading Most probably the relation between the two ladies was that of mother and daughter.
doubtless
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
entering
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
evening
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From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
evidently
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
eyes
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From this reading What importance he now assumed in my eyes!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
friend
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What importance he now assumed in my eyes!
heart
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
home
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
house
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
importance
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From this reading What importance he now assumed in my eyes!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What importance he now assumed in my eyes!
indifference
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From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
invitation
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
ladies
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From this reading Most probably the relation between the two ladies was that of mother and daughter.
lady
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
lay
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
Most
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From this reading Most probably the relation between the two ladies was that of mother and daughter.
mother
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From this reading Most probably the relation between the two ladies was that of mother and daughter.
moved
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
Mr
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From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What importance he now assumed in my eyes!
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
new
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
now
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From this reading What importance he now assumed in my eyes!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
prejudice
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
probably
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From this reading Most probably the relation between the two ladies was that of mother and daughter.
related
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
relation
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From this reading Most probably the relation between the two ladies was that of mother and daughter.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
room
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
seated
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
seen
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
snapped
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
starting
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
supreme
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From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
table
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
tenant
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
thread
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
two
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From this reading Most probably the relation between the two ladies was that of mother and daughter.
up
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From this reading Mr. Vigors, the friend of one, might himself be related to both, might prejudice them against me, might--Here, starting up, I snapped the thread of conjecture, for right before my eyes, on the table beside which I had seated myself on entering my room, lay a card of invitation:--
Vigors
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From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What importance he now assumed in my eyes!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And before that evening I had looked on Mr. Vigors with supreme indifference!
young
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From this reading The lady with whom I had seen him was doubtless the new tenant of that house in which the young creature by whom my heart was so strangely moved evidently had her home.
