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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 “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
beautiful
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
carpet-bag
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
charged
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
coach
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
Dauph
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From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
day
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
despised
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From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
disposing
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
dowry
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
dropped
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
elaborate
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
eno
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
EPICENE
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From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
exceedingly
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
favourite
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
Ferrers
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
gate
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
Ibid
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
kinsman
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From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
lodge-keeper
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
miles
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
mode
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
Morose
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From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
Mr
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
nephew
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From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
Oh
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From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
pleasure-grounds
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
Sir
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From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
six
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
soft
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
speak
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From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
speech
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
spends
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
spoken
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
strolled
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From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
three
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
thrifty
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
town
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
villa
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
wiltmodal verbUS /wɪlt/
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading “_Morose._ Oh, what thou wilt, nephew.”--EPICENE.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lodge-keeper charged himself with the carpet-bag, and Ferrers strolled, with his hands behind him (it was his favourite mode of disposing of them), through the beautiful and elaborate pleasure-grounds.
words
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From this reading “Her silence is dowry eno’--exceedingly soft spoken; thrifty of her speech, that spends but six words a day.”--_Ibid._ THE coach dropped Mr. Ferrers at the gate of a villa about three miles from town.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “_Dauph._ Sir, I must speak to you.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I have been long your despised kinsman.
