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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 The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
absorbed
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
almost
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
April
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
arm
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
arrived
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
boy
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
bravely
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From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
breaking
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
breath
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
call
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
came
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
catch
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
Celeste
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From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
Celeste's
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
clasped
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
completely
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
convalescing
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
cousin
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
crushers
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
days
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
De
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From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
deeply
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
Eletheer
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From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
expression
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From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
face
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From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
fever
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
few
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
fingers
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
footstep
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
Genung
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
glowing
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From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
hear
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
Hernando
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
I'm
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
last
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
light
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
Mary
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
merry
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
mock
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From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
naughty
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
nursed
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From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
only
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
out
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
playfully
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
quiet
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
raised
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From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
returning
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
said
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
seemed
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
severity
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From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was Celeste, and she raised her glowing face to his with an expression of mock severity.
slim
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
sound
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
started
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
stillness
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
strangely
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
strolled
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
There
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
thought
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
town
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
trying
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
typhoid
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
uncle's
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From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
up
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
Vere
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From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
voice
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
wedding
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
week
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From this reading The last week in April had arrived and in a few days came Celeste’s wedding.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Hernando was returning from town after a call at his uncle’s where his cousin Mary Genung was convalescing from typhoid fever.
white
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From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Eletheer De Vere had been with her and bravely nursed her through.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Everything seemed strangely quiet, only the sound of the crushers breaking the stillness, and he strolled along so deeply absorbed in thought that he did not hear a light footstep behind him, and almost started when his arm was clasped by slim white fingers and a merry voice said playfully: “There, you naughty boy, I’m completely out of breath trying to catch up with you.”
