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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 She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
always
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
answers
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen asked; meaning, what were the implied faults of Emanuel Prockter.
black
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
catechism
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
CONFESSIONAL
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From this reading CONFESSIONAL "What's the matter with Emanuel Prockter?"
dame
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
days
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
defiance
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From this reading There was defiance in her tone.
definite
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
differed
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
down
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
dress
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
effect
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
Emanuel
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From this reading CONFESSIONAL "What's the matter with Emanuel Prockter?"
enunciate
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
faults
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From this reading Helen asked; meaning, what were the implied faults of Emanuel Prockter.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
gave
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
grande
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
grievousadjectiveUS /ˈɡriːvəs/
very serious and causing great pain or suffering
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
harm
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
Helen
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From this reading Helen asked; meaning, what were the implied faults of Emanuel Prockter.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was defiance in her tone.
implied
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From this reading Helen asked; meaning, what were the implied faults of Emanuel Prockter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was defiance in her tone.
indicate
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
matter
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From this reading CONFESSIONAL "What's the matter with Emanuel Prockter?"
meaning
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From this reading Helen asked; meaning, what were the implied faults of Emanuel Prockter.
mousseline
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Helen asked; meaning, what were the implied faults of Emanuel Prockter.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
peace
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
pose
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
Prockter
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From this reading CONFESSIONAL "What's the matter with Emanuel Prockter?"
purpose
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
risen
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
rousing
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
sat
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
sort
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
soul's
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
statements
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
table
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONFESSIONAL "What's the matter with Emanuel Prockter?"
theoretically
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
There
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From this reading There was defiance in her tone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
tone
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From this reading There was defiance in her tone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was defiance in her tone.
wearing
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Helen asked; meaning, what were the implied faults of Emanuel Prockter.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Helen asked; meaning, what were the implied faults of Emanuel Prockter.
What's
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From this reading CONFESSIONAL "What's the matter with Emanuel Prockter?"
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading CONFESSIONAL "What's the matter with Emanuel Prockter?"
wrong
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From this reading She had risen from the table, and she had sat down again, and she seemed by her pose to indicate that she had sat down again with a definite purpose, a purpose to do grievous harm to the soul's peace of anybody who differed from the statements which she was about to enunciate, or who gave the wrong sort of answers to her catechism.
younger
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From this reading She was wearing her black mousseline dress (theoretically "done with"), which in its younger days always had the effect of rousing the _grande dame_ in her.
