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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 It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
accounted
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
Alicia
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
Audley
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
avoid
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
BEARER
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From this reading THE BEARER OF THE TIDINGS.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
blazing
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
bleak
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
blotting
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
breakfast
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
breakfasted
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
close
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
comfortable
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
compelled
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
costume
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
declaring
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
delicate
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
dinner
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
distance
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
dressed
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
dressing-room
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
drizzling
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
dull
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
embroideries
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
emerged
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
exquisitely
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
eyes
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
face
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
fell
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
fire
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
half-circles
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
hollow
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
hour
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
incessantly
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
interval
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
laces
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
Lady
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
landscape
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
late
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
library
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
March
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
meal
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
Michael
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
muslin
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
night
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
obscuring
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BEARER OF THE TIDINGS.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
out
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
pale
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
previous
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
purple
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
rain
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From this reading The March morning was bleak and dull, and a drizzling rain fell incessantly, obscuring the landscape and blotting out the distance.
reading
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
round
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
sat
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
share
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
Sir
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
step-mother
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
table
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEARER OF THE TIDINGS.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
TIDINGS
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From this reading THE BEARER OF THE TIDINGS.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
up
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From this reading She accounted for this pale face and these hollow eyes by declaring that she had sat up reading until a very late hour on the previous night.
very
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From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
wheeled
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
wife
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was very late the next morning when Lady Audley emerged from her dressing-room, exquisitely dressed in a morning costume of delicate muslin, delicate laces, and embroideries; but with a very pale face, and with half-circles of purple shadow under her eyes.
young
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From this reading Sir Michael and his young wife breakfasted in the library at a comfortable round table, wheeled close to the blazing fire; and Alicia was compelled to share this meal with her step-mother, however she might avoid that lady in the long interval between breakfast and dinner.
