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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 He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
absence
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
absented
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
accept
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
accompanied
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
airy
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
all
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
ALWAY
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From this reading ‘NO MAN MAY ALWAY HAVE PROSPERITEE.’
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
anger
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
annual
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
appear
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
band
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
bay-windowed
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
best
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
brass
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
contrived
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
crowd
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
Derby
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
drawing-room
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
Edgar
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
end
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
enlivened
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
escorted
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
expected
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
fashionable
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
fondest
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
front
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
go
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
grief
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
HAVEauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘NO MAN MAY ALWAY HAVE PROSPERITEE.’
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
hide
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
Hill
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
holiday
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
hopes
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
institution
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
leisure
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
less
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
liked
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
lodgings
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
MAN
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From this reading ‘NO MAN MAY ALWAY HAVE PROSPERITEE.’
MAYmodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ‘NO MAN MAY ALWAY HAVE PROSPERITEE.’
month
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
mortification
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
much
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
nearly
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
NOdeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading ‘NO MAN MAY ALWAY HAVE PROSPERITEE.’
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
occasions
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
only
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
opening
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
other
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
overthrow
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
parade
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
Parliament
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
pier
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
pride
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
PROSPERITEE
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From this reading ‘NO MAN MAY ALWAY HAVE PROSPERITEE.’
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
result
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
sea
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
sea-side
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
second
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
seen
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
son
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
South
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From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
there
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
Turchill
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
Turchill's
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From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
very
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Turchill’s annual sea-side holiday was as much an institution as the opening of Parliament, or the Derby: and she expected on all such occasions to be escorted and accompanied by her only son.
watering-place
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
way
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
well-dressed
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From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
world
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From this reading Edgar Turchill did not go to the other end of the world to hide his grief and mortification at this second overthrow of his fondest hopes.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She liked a fashionable watering-place, where there was a well-dressed crowd to be seen on parade or pier; she required to have her leisure enlivened by a good brass band; and she would accept nothing less in the way of lodgings than an airy bay-windowed drawing-room in the very best part of the sea front.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He absented himself from South Hill for nearly a month, yet so contrived as that his absence should not appear the result of pride or anger.
