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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 From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
advice
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
anticipationsplural nounUS /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃənz/
feelings of excitement about something expected to happen
From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
any
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
applenounUS /apple/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
back
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
beamed
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
best
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
branches
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
chairs
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
cigars
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
comfort
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
content
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
delightedly
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
easiest
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
easy
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
entertainer
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
Equator
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From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
ex-steward
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
flowed
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
following
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From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
fêted
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
garden
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
garrulous
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
guest
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
Hardy
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
honoured
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
host's
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
Jem
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
late
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
leafy
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
lips
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
listened
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
Lodge
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From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
maid
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
mainly
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From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
more
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From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
most
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
Mr
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From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
night
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
people
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From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
realized
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From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
sat
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
showed
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
signs
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
smoking-room
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
somewhat
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
stream
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
subject
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
Sunwich
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From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
talk
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From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
teeth
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Their talk was mainly of Sunwich and Sunwich people, and it was an easy step from these to Equator Lodge.
trees
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
trim
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
Tuesday
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From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
undiluted
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
undone
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
wandering
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From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
Wilks
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From this reading The anticipations of Mr. Wilks were more than realized on the following Tuesday.
wisdom
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From this reading In the easiest of easy chairs he sat in the garden beneath the leafy branches of apple trees, and undiluted wisdom and advice flowed from his lips in a stream as he beamed delightedly upon his entertainer.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading On that subject most people would have found the ex-steward somewhat garrulous, but Jem Hardy listened with great content, and even brought him back to it when he showed signs of wandering.
yield
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From this reading From the time a trim maid showed him into the smoking-room until late at night, when he left, a fêted and honoured guest, with one of his host’s best cigars between his teeth, nothing that could yield him any comfort was left undone.
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