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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 "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
afflicted
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
Aunt
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From this reading "With Aunt Medora the very soul of kindness?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
bitterness
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
Carolyn
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
Cope
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From this reading Cope stared.
difficult
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
discreetly
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
embarrassment
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
filling
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
girl
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
give
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
heavy
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
Hortense
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From this reading "'Difficult position'?" shrilled Hortense.
idealization
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
just
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
kindness
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From this reading "With Aunt Medora the very soul of kindness?
knew
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
lot
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
Medora
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From this reading "With Aunt Medora the very soul of kindness?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
often
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
pen
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
places
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
position
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
preferring
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
shrilled
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From this reading "'Difficult position'?" shrilled Hortense.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
somewhat
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
soul
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From this reading "With Aunt Medora the very soul of kindness?
stared
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From this reading Cope stared.
stroke
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
subordinate
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
suppressed
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
sweet
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
touch
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
typewriter
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From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
very
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From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "She is a sweet girl," he repeated; "and she has been filling very discreetly a somewhat difficult position----" He knew something of the suppressed bitterness which, in subordinate places, was often the lot of the pen.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He found himself preferring, just here, "pen" to "typewriter": he would give Carolyn a touch of idealization--though she had afflicted him with a heavy stroke of embarrassment.
