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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 For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
away
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From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
bed
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
bramble
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
city
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
declaration
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
dividednounUS /ˈdivided/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
driven
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
empty
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
end
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
enough
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
enwrapping
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
excitement
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
exhausted
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
fall
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
flushed
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
front
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
heightened
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
hours
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
interview
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
iron
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From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
July
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
just
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From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
leap
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
light
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
Marcella
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
mists
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
most
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
Mr
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
natural
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
night
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
own
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
paled
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
past
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
Pearson
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
phrases
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
put
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From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
quick-pulsed
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
Raeburn
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
reached
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
recall
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
restless
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
river
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
room
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
rose
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
rushing
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
sat
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
scene
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From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
sight
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
sleep
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
some
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
sooner
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From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
speculation
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
stirred
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
street
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
sun
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
sunk
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
sways
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
swift
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
then
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
threw
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From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The July night first paled, then flushed into morning; the sun rose above the empty street and the light mists enwrapping the great city, before he threw himself on his bed, exhausted enough at last to fall into a restless sleep.
transitions
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
troubled
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From this reading It was the sudden leap of troubled excitement stirred in him by that interview--heightened by the sight of Raeburn--that had driven him past recall by the most natural of transitions, into his declaration to Marcella.
turns
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From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
Wharton
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But he had no sooner reached his room than, at first with iron will, he put the thought of Marcella, of the scene which had just passed, away from him.
window
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From this reading For some hours after he reached his own room, Wharton sat in front of his open window, sunk in the swift rushing of thought, as a bramble sways in a river.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The speculation of those quick-pulsed hours was in the end about equally divided between Marcella and the phrases and turns of his interview with Mr. Pearson.
