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absently
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
all
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
allotted
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
always
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
Audley
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
away
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
babble
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
bedrooms
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
Bob's
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
buildings
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
chairs
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
cheerful
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
children's
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
Christmas
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
class
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
companionship
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
country
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
Court
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
disappearance
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
dragged
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From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
dreary
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From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
dull
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From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
evenings
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
far
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
Figtree
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
firesides
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
friends
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
Gardens
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
George
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
idly
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
inhabitants
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
INVESTIGATION
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From this reading RETROGRADE INVESTIGATION.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
January
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From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
lingered
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
listening
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
listlessly
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
London
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From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
lonely
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
lost
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
luxurious
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
many
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
mornings
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
occupations
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
old
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
other
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
out
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From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
places
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
play
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
pleasures
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
quaint
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
quiet
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
records
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
RETROGRADE
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From this reading RETROGRADE INVESTIGATION.
Robert
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
round
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
service
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
sitting-room
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
slender
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
slowly
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From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
snugly
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
spare
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
specially
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From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
spent
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
sunny
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
swept
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
sympathy
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
Talboys
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From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
Temple
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dreary London January dragged its dull length slowly out.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
town
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
wandered
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
watching
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From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The last slender records of Christmas time were swept away, and Robert Audley still lingered in townstill spent his lonely evenings in his quiet sitting-room in Figtree Courtstill wandered listlessly in the Temple Gardens on sunny mornings, absently listening to the children's babble, idly watching their play.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading He had many friends among the inhabitants of the quaint old buildings round him; he had other friends far away in pleasant country places, whose spare bedrooms were always at Bob's service, whose cheerful firesides had snugly luxurious chairs specially allotted to him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But he seemed to have lost all taste for companionship, all sympathy with the pleasures and occupations of his class, since the disappearance of George Talboys.
