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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 It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
afterwards
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
always
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
any
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
arm
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
atmosphere
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From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
blowing
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
brittleadjectiveUS /ˈbrɪtəl/
hard but easily broken
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
bruise
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
burdened
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
bushes
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
camp-stool
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
carriage
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
carries
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
carrying
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
cloistered
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
deep
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From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
devices
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
dignity
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From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
down
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
Elizabeth
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
evident
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
fidgeted
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
flowers
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
flushing
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
garden
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
gentle
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
get
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
glass
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
grass-squares
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
gratitude
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
grave
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
gravely
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
gray-blue
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
guide
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
habit
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
harmlessness
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
insists
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
Jim
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
Le
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
leisure
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From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
light
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
lose
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
love
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
mammy's
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
man
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
Marchant
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
more
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
Mrs
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
offered
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
own
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
pale
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
pass
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
peace
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From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
pebble
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
peonies
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
pink
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
place
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From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
playfully
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
Presently
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
refused
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
relieve
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
rosemary
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
round
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
sat
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
saying
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
see
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
seeing
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
set
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
spun
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
telling
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
tendency
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
tender
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
tete-a-tete
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
things
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
tiny
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
tonsured
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
unmown
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
virtually
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From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
waited
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From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
walks
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
weight
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
well
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From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It is virtually a _tete-a-tete_, as their tonsured guide, seeing their evident harmlessness, has left them to their own devices; and Mrs. Le Marchant has sat down to rest upon a camp-stool which Elizabeth has been carrying ever since they left the carriage.
whole
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From this reading Through the whole place is an atmosphere of deep peace, of silence, leisure, dignity.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Presently they pass into the still, cloistered garden, in whose unmown grass-squares gray-blue flowers are blowing, beside whose walks pale pink peonies are flushing, and round whose well the grave rosemary bushes are set.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
woman
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He has offered to relieve her of it, but she has refused--playfully at first--telling him she is sure that he will lose it; and afterwards, when he insists, more gravely, though with gentle gratitude, saying that it would never do for her to get into the habit of being waited upon, and that she always carries mammy's things.
wound
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From this reading It has fidgeted Jim to see her burdened with it; for let a man be ever so little in love with a woman, his tendency always is to think her as brittle as spun glass, to believe that any weight, however light, will bruise her arm--any pebble, however tiny, wound her tender foot.
