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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 Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
admiring
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
albeitconjunctionUS /ɔːlˈbiːɪt/
although
From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
any
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
apparent
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
away
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
badly-folded
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
Bill
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
brown
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
brown-paper
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
Burnhams
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
business
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
call
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
cambric
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
chagrin
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
change
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
cheap
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
closed
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
coach
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
compliment
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
delicate
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
demeanor
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
discovered
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
dispatch
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
door
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
down
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
dress
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
duster
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
détour
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
emotions
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
emporium
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
enable
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
Excelsior
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
eye
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
eyes
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
friends
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
Furnishing
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
General
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
hanging
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
haste
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
heads
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
impression
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
Indian
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
inhabitants
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
leaving
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
like
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
linen
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
longer
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
made
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
male
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
managed
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
Miss
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
Nellie
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
Nellie's
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
noticed
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
ostentatiously
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
Out
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
parcel
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
parted
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
passenger
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
passengers
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
passing
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
promptly
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
purchase
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
put
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
quick
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
quiet
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
rattled
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
reaching
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
return
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
security
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
sense
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
set
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
settlement
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
shivering
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From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
shop
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
side
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
slight
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
slipped
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
Spring
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
Store
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
street
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
turned
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From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
undue
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
usual
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From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As she left the shop it was with mixed emotions of chagrin and security that she noticed that her passage through the settlement no longer turned the heads of its male inhabitants.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
window
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From this reading In passing this emporium, Miss Nellie's quick eye had discovered a cheap brown linen duster hanging in its window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To purchase it, and put it over her delicate cambric dress, albeit with a shivering sense that she looked like a badly-folded brown-paper parcel, did not take long.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When it had closed on the admiring eyes of the passengers and the coach had rattled away, Miss Nellie, without any undue haste or apparent change in her usual quiet demeanor, managed, however, to dispatch her business promptly, and, leaving an impression that she would call again before her return to Excelsior, parted from her friends, and slipped away through a side street, to the General Furnishing Store of Indian Spring.
Wynn
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
Yuba
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From this reading Out of compliment to Miss Nellie Wynn, Yuba Bill, on reaching Indian Spring, had made a slight _détour_ to enable him to ostentatiously set down his fair passenger before the door of the Burnhams.
