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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 In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
air
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
any
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
anywhere
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From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
apartment
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From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
arctic
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So, in her last letter, as in the others, she had not spoken of Captain Dane.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
Athalie
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
aware
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
big
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
blond
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
blue
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
breath
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
broad-shouldered
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
burned
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
Clive
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
conceal
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
Dane
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
days
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
dinner
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
evenings
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
evoke
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
eyes
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
friendship
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
gardens
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
habit
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
hot
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So, in her last letter, as in the others, she had not spoken of Captain Dane.
letter
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From this reading So, in her last letter, as in the others, she had not spoken of Captain Dane.
letters
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
man
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From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
many
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
mention
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
mentioned
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
moustache
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
now
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From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
only
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From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
others
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From this reading So, in her last letter, as in the others, she had not spoken of Captain Dane.
own
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From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
permanently
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
received
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From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
regarding
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
response
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
restaurants
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
roof
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
six-footer
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
skin
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, in her last letter, as in the others, she had not spoken of Captain Dane.
sometimes
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
spoken
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From this reading So, in her last letter, as in the others, she had not spoken of Captain Dane.
striding
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
suburban
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
sun-narrowed
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
Sundays
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
sympathetic
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From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So, in her last letter, as in the others, she had not spoken of Captain Dane.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
three
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In her letters Athalie never mentioned Captain Dane; not because she had anything to conceal regarding him or herself; but she seemed to be aware that any mention of that friendship might not evoke a sympathetic response from Clive.
together
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
tropic
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
two
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
unshadowed
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
usually
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
weather
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From this reading They went about together on Sundays, usually; sometimes in hot weather to suburban restaurants for dinner and a breath of air, sometimes to roof gardens.
week
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From this reading He had a habit of striding in two or three evenings in a week,--a big, fair, broad-shouldered six-footer, with sun-narrowed eyes of arctic blue, a short blond moustache, and skin permanently burned by the unshadowed glare of many and tropic days.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet, now, he was the only man with whom she ever went anywhere and whom she received at her own apartment.
