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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 When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
admiration
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
again
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
all
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
althoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
Balliol
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
botanical
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
came
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
carrying
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
centre
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
course
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
cynicism
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
depressed
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
difficult
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
dinner
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
dishonoured
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
dressing
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
dusty
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
end
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
even
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
faded
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
feel
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
folio
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
forget
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
gay
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
glass
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
gone
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
gong
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
Guy
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
home
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
huddle
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
kissed
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
lamplit
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
least
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
like
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
make
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
Margaret
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
much
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
now
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
nursery
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
occasion
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
once
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
out
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
Oxford
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
Pauline
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
picture
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
rags
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
Rector
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
said
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
scrap-books
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
sentiment
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
silver
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
stay
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
staying
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
stuck
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
suddenly
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
swept
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
table
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
tearing
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
terms
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From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
there
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From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
to-night
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
tried
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
Varese
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
very
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From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
waited
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From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So once again he was staying to dinner and now on such terms as would make this an occasion difficult to forget.
went
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From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Nor did he feel the least ashamed of himself, although at Oxford his cynicism had been the admiration even of Balliol, where there had been no one like him for tearing sentiment into dishonoured rags.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading As he waited alone in the lamplit nursery, while Margaret and Pauline were dressing, he kissed Pauline in each faded picture stuck in those gay scrap-books of Varese.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The gong went suddenly, and Margaret said that of course to-night he would stay to dinner.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading When the Rector came in to dinner, carrying with him a dusty botanical folio that swept all the glass and silver from his end of the table to huddle in the centre, Guy tried to make out if he were very much depressed by his not having yet gone home.
