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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 "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
abound
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
absolutely
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From this reading For once in his life Burgoyne is absolutely bereft of speech.
accusation
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
always
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
Amelia
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
astonishing
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
barely
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
becomes
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
bereft
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From this reading For once in his life Burgoyne is absolutely bereft of speech.
better
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From this reading I ought to have known better."
Burgoyne
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From this reading For once in his life Burgoyne is absolutely bereft of speech.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
charge
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
child-stealing
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
conveying
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
denial
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
difficult
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
difficulty
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
dram
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
exaggeration
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
gallnounUS /ɡɔːl/
bitter feeling and anger; in the story, poison and bitterness
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For once in his life Burgoyne is absolutely bereft of speech.
honey
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
horrid
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
impossibility
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For once in his life Burgoyne is absolutely bereft of speech.
insult
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
known
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From this reading I ought to have known better."
lies
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For once in his life Burgoyne is absolutely bereft of speech.
love
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
man
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
matter
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
once
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From this reading For once in his life Burgoyne is absolutely bereft of speech.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
other
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading I ought to have known better."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
perfectly
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
pound
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
quietly
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
rebut
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
redound
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
said
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
says
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
seen
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
sick
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
speaking
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
speech
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From this reading For once in his life Burgoyne is absolutely bereft of speech.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
substratum
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
then
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
there
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
therein
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I ought to have known better."
True
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
truth
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From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
twenty-one
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
twenty-three
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
very
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
way'd
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From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "True, be it said, whatever man it said, That love with gall and honey doth abound; But if the one be with the other way'd, For every dram of honey therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound."
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It is always a difficult matter to rebut a charge of being dead sick of a woman without conveying an insult in the very denial; and when there lies a horrid substratum of truth under the exaggeration of the accusation, the difficulty becomes an impossibility.
woman
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
young
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From this reading "She was perfectly right," says Amelia, still speaking quite quietly; "it is astonishing that I should not have seen it; and it _was_ child-stealing; you were barely twenty-one, and I--I was not very young for a woman even then--I was twenty-three.
