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affectionate
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
AGAINnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AYALA GOES AGAIN TO STALHAM.
Albury
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
Albury's
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From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
answer
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
any
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
apparently
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From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
AYALA
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From this reading AYALA GOES AGAIN TO STALHAM.
Baldoni
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From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
close
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
Colonel
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
correspondence
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
failed
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
far
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From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
find
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
frequent
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
friendship
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
GOES
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From this reading AYALA GOES AGAIN TO STALHAM.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
HenceadverbUS /hens/
for this reason
From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
intimate
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From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
kind
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
knew
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From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
Lady
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
Marchesa
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From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
risen
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From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
Rome
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From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
sometimes
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
STALHAM
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From this reading AYALA GOES AGAIN TO STALHAM.
strange
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From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
Stubbs
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
sufficient
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AYALA GOES AGAIN TO STALHAM.
very
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From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The correspondence between Lady Albury and Colonel Stubbs was close and frequent, the friendship between them being very close.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Hence had apparently risen Lady Albury's great friendship, which had seemed even to herself to be strange.
why
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From this reading Ayala had sometimes asked herself why Lady Albury should have been so kind and affectionate to her, and had failed to find any sufficient answer.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had been asked to Stalham at first,--so far as she knew,--because she had been intimate at Rome with the Marchesa Baldoni.
