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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 THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
accompanying
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
accustomed
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
acidulated
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
affection
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
all
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
apricot
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
atmosphere
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From this reading Mayne cast a thought to the domestic atmosphere of his own home.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
BesidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
bread
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
butter
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
cast
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From this reading Mayne cast a thought to the domestic atmosphere of his own home.
chaffed
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
change
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
chicken
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
chillyadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɪli/
unpleasantly cold
From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
Coast
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
COFFEE
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
contrast
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From this reading What a contrast to this!
convincing
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
cream
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
dark
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
daughter
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
deep
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
domestic
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From this reading Mayne cast a thought to the domestic atmosphere of his own home.
early
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
eggs
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
enjoyment
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
ESTATE
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
existing
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
eyes
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
Fairplains
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
fareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
fashionably
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
fifty
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
food
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
forestalled
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
fresh
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
fully
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
glance
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
grilled
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
ham
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
high
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
home
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From this reading Mayne cast a thought to the domestic atmosphere of his own home.
how
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
impressed
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
jam
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
laughed
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
level
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
light-hearted
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
maintained
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
manner
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
Mayne
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
menu
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
met
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
mutual
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
new-laid
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mayne cast a thought to the domestic atmosphere of his own home.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
own
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From this reading Mayne cast a thought to the domestic atmosphere of his own home.
pair
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
particularly
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
quietly
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
reputation
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
requirements
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
satisfactory
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
seven
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
shrank
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
sodden
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
softened
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
son
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
There
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What a contrast to this!
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mayne cast a thought to the domestic atmosphere of his own home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
too
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
Travers
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From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
twenty
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
welcome
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
West
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From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE COFFEE ESTATE The Fairplains coffee, fully maintained its high reputation, and the accompanying food was on the same satisfactory level; fresh cream, bread and butter, apricot jam, and new-laid eggs, grilled ham and chicken--what a welcome change, from the sodden West Coast fare, to which Mayne had been accustomed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Besides the menu, he could not help being impressed by the deep mutual affection, existing between Travers and his daughter; how quietly she forestalled all his requirements, how his dark eyes softened, when they met her glance, and how the pair laughed, and chaffed, one another with light-hearted enjoyment.
woman
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
youthful
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From this reading There, a fashionably youthful woman of fifty, shrank from the too convincing appearance of a son of seven and twenty, and her early morning manner was particularly chilly and acidulated.
