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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 I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
able
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From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
affection
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
any
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
apart
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From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
applenounUS /apple/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
ask
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
case
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
children
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
Count
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
deal
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
death
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
Desperate
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
diseases
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
entered
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
esteem
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
experience
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
eye
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From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
felt
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
find
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From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
gone
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
head
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
how
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
human
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
instrumental
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
knows
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
learned
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
learning
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
like
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
living
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
love
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
loyal
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
maddest
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
made
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
man
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
man's
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
many
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
matured
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
now
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
overestimate
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
own
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
peacefully
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
possible
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
remedies
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
rescuing
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
Rossano
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
said
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
sane
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
sat
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
scheme
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
suffered
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
surest
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
turn
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
urgency
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From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
very
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From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
Violet's
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From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Desperate diseases, as everybody knows, ask for desperate remedies, and here I do not know how it was possible for anybody to overestimate the urgency of the case.
ways
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
wife
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
word
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From this reading I said not a word; but I sat by myself, and I matured, I think, the maddest scheme that ever entered a sane man's head.
words
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From this reading And apart from my own affection for him, he was the very apple of Violet's eye, and my affection for her I have never been able to find words for.
year
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From this reading Count Rossano has gone peacefully to his rest now this many a year, but I had learned to love the man with a loyal affection and esteem, the like of which I never felt for any human creature, except my wife and my own children.
years
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From this reading It made for a good deal in my affection for him that I had been instrumental in rescuing him from that living death he had suffered for so many years, for I have found over and over again in my own experience that one of the surest ways of learning to love a man is to do him a good turn.
