aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
any thing at all
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
ChicagonounUS /ʃəˈkɑːɡoʊ/
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
Clapp
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From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
dashingadjectiveUS /ˈdæʃɪŋ/
lively and spirited
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
driblets
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From this reading The ten thousand went in driblets.
failuresnounUS /ˈfeɪljərz/
plural of “failure” — an act that fails
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
girlhoodnounUS /ˈɡɜːrlhʊd/
the childhood of a girl
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
Hannah
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From this reading Hannah saw to that.
HardenverbUS /ˈhɑːrdən/
become hard or harder
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
Hermie
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From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
a social unit living together
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The ten thousand went in driblets.
Julia
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From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
the literary culture
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
picturesqueadjectiveUS /ˈpɪktʃərəsk/
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
PierceverbUS /pɪrs/
cut or make a way through
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
romanticadjectiveUS /roʊˈmæntɪk/
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
move hurridly
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
SarahnounUS /ˈserə/
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
cut with a saw
From this reading Hannah saw to that.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
Slocum's
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From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading The ten thousand went in driblets.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hannah saw to that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The ten thousand went in driblets.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading The ten thousand went in driblets.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hannah saw to that.
Vinie
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From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading The household never felt actual want, nor anything so picturesque as poverty.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There never was anything dashing or romantic about Hermie Slocum's failures.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The ten thousand went in driblets.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You should have read her letters back home to Chicago--to her mother and father back home on Rush Street, in Chicago; and to her girlhood friends, Sarah Clapp, Vinie Harden, and Julia Pierce.
