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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 "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
abundance
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
additions
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all
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
arresting
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Those confident eyes of Wharton's shone as they glanced at her.
badly
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From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
beauty
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
black
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
bonnet
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
bunch
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
called
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
carriage
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
character
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
chin
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
confident
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From this reading Those confident eyes of Wharton's shone as they glanced at her.
cotton
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
demurely
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
dens
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From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
dignity
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
dress
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
emerged
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
enchanting
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
evening
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
eyes
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From this reading Those confident eyes of Wharton's shone as they glanced at her.
felt
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
glanced
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From this reading Those confident eyes of Wharton's shone as they glanced at her.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
hair
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
head
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Those confident eyes of Wharton's shone as they glanced at her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
hot
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From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
How
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
inimitable
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
lace
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
lay
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
light
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
Marcella
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
masses
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
moment
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
note
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
old
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
opened
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
own
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
peculiar
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
perfect
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
personal
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
pretty
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
realised
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
remembered
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
rich
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
river
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
shade
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
shone
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From this reading Those confident eyes of Wharton's shone as they glanced at her.
shore
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
sky
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
some
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
sort
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
strings
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
stuff
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
terrace
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
thousand-tinted
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From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
tied
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
to-night
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
treat
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From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "How enchanting!" cried Marcella, as they emerged on the terrace, and river, shore, and sky opened upon them in all the thousand-tinted light and shade of a still and perfect evening.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
vividness
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
voice
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
waving
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
wealth
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
Wharton
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
Wharton's
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From this reading Those confident eyes of Wharton's shone as they glanced at her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
white
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
wore
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From this reading She wore a pretty white dress of some cotton stuff--it seemed to him he remembered it of old--and on the waving masses of hair lay a little bunch of black lace that called itself a bonnet, with black strings tied demurely under the chin.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Oh, how hot we were--and how badly you treat us in those dens!"
young
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From this reading The abundance of character and dignity in the beauty which yet to-night was so young and glowing--the rich arresting note of the voice--the inimitable carriage of the head--Wharton realised them all at the moment with peculiar vividness, because he felt them in some sort as additions to his own personal wealth.
