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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 He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
ages
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
all
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
aristocrats
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
attentively
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
authors
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
best
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
birth
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
carpenter
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
certain
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
civil
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From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
civilization
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
classic
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
clothed
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
Convention
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
countess
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From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
courts
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
dispense
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
entered
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From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
exists
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
Fairfield
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
find
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
flowered
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
forms
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
forth
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
garden
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From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
gives
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
graceful
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
hitherto
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
ideas
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
indirectly
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
joined
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From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
kind
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From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
language
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
late
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
law
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
Leonard
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From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
literature
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
lived
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
manners
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
Mark
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
markedly
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From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
minutia
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
more
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From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
most
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
Nature
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
noticed
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
perhaps
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From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
phrase
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
please
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From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
polish
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
prejudices
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
really
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
refinement
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
scene
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From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
schooled
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
society
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
son
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From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
stereotypes
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Leonard entered on the scene, and joined the party in the garden.
thoroughly
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From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
tone
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
trite
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
various
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From this reading And Leonard had lived, of late at least, in the best society that exists for the polish of language and the refinement of manners,--the society in which the most graceful ideas are clothed in the most graceful forms; the society which really, though indirectly, gives the law to courts; the society of the most classic authors, in the various ages in which literature has flowered forth from civilization.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The countess, perhaps to please her son, was more than civil,--she was markedly kind to him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She noticed him more attentively than she had hitherto done; and, with all her prejudices of birth, was struck to find the son of Mark Fairfield the carpenter so thoroughly the gentleman.
world
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From this reading He might not have the exact tone and phrase by which Convention stereotypes those born and schooled in a certain world; but the aristocrats of Nature can dispense with such trite minutia?
