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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 Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
all
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
animals
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
any
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
Arizona
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
audacious
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
backs
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
banking
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
borrowed
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
bought
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
buried
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
circumstances
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From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
closer
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
convention-bound
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
dwelt
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
event
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
far-away
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
fires
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
flogged
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From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
footlights
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
future
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
happen
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
horses
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
indignation
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
inherited
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From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
innocent
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
ken
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
Kinney
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
known
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
latent
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From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
lay
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From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
leave-taking
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
man
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
Margaret
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
meet
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
more
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
motion
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
nursed
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
passion
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
people
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
place
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
placid
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
precipitate
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
savagery
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From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
shame
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
small
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
snapping
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
stinging
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
strong
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
suggested
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
supple
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
surface
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From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
team
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
Texan
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
theatre
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
there
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
thrust
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From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
town
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
tug
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From this reading Never in all her placid life had she known the tug of passion any closer than from across the footlights of a theatre.
use
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From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading For whatever of inherited savagery lay latent in her blood had been flogged to the surface by the circumstances into which she had been thrust.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
whip-lash
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading After her precipitate leave-taking of the man whose team she had bought or borrowed, Margaret Kinney nursed the fires of her indignation in silence, banking them for future use against the time when she should meet him again in the event that should ever happen.
Wisconsin
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From this reading She had had, to be sure, one stinging shame, but it had been buried in far-away Arizona, quite beyond the ken of the convention-bound people of the little Wisconsin town where she dwelt.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
wrist
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From this reading She brought her whip-lash snapping above the backs of the horses, and there was that in the supple motion of the small strong wrist which suggested that nothing would have pleased her more than having this audacious Texan there in place of the innocent animals.
