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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 A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
afraid
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
any
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
away
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
Bennett
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
best
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
better
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
bettering
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
bread
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
breast
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
brief
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
calm
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
Christian
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
clerks
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
clever
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
college
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
counts
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
daily
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
daughters
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
day
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
decidedly
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
difficult
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
discovered
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
domestic
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
door
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
duties
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
earn
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
enough
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
exactly
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
face
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
families
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
far
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
fast
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From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
fell
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
Fergusons
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
gay
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From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
girls
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
governess
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
governesses
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
green
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
half-educated
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
head
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
heart
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
hopeless
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
hours
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From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
how
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
ill
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
indeed
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
joys
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
just
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
kirk-yard
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
lady
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
lie
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
liege
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
Lodge
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
loquacious
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
lord
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
meets
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
met
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
middle-class
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
mould
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
now
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
numbers
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
occupation
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
Only
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
other
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
pangs
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
parents
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
particularly
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
petty
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
precincts
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
predecessor
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
proud
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
pupils
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
raised
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
recalled
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
recollect
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
returning
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
sad
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From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
said
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
Say
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
seen
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
service
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
shopkeepers
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
slip
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From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
slow
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From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
soon
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
strange
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
subject
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
Susan
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
tears
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
Then
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
too
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
two
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
very
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
walk
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From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
well
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From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
whereby
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A day or two after this, Christian, returning from her daily walk, which was now brief enough, and never beyond the college precincts, met a strange face at the Lodge door--that is, a face not exactly strange; she seemed to have seen it before, but could not recollect how or where.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
women
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From this reading Miss Susan Bennett--as Christian had soon discovered, both pupils and parents being very loquacious on the subject--was one of those governesses whom one meets in hopeless numbers among the middle-class families--girls, daughters of clerks or petty shopkeepers, above domestic service, and ashamed or afraid of any other occupation, which, indeed, is only too difficult to be found, whereby half-educated or not particularly clever young women may earn their bread.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading _"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay?
young
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From this reading Then she recalled it as that of a young daily governess, her predecessor at the Fergusons', who had left them "to better herself," as she said--and decidedly to the bettering of her pupils.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away?_ _"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._ _"And when I lie in the green kirk-yard, With the mould upon my breast, Say not that "She did well or ill," Only, "She did her best."'"_
