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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 First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
Annie
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
average
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
changed
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From this reading He had changed his views several times in regard to her.
character
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
commonplace
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
community
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
company
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
CONCLUSION
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
constant
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
convinced
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
country-house
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
differed
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
element
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
endurance
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
enigma
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
evening
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
fiction
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
FINAL
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
furniture
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
girls
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
Gregory
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
GREGORY'S
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had changed his views several times in regard to her.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had changed his views several times in regard to her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had changed his views several times in regard to her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had changed his views several times in regard to her.
immediately
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
interested
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
longer
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
member
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
MISS
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
now
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
only
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
others
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
own
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
plain
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
rebuke
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
REGARD
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
religious
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
said
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
several
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From this reading He had changed his views several times in regard to her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
small
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
society
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
soothed
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
strong
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
Then
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
theory
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
times
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From this reading He had changed his views several times in regard to her.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
too
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
truth
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
unselfishness
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
untempted
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From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
useful
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
views
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From this reading He had changed his views several times in regard to her.
WALTON
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From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON Annie Walton was now no longer an enigma to Gregory.
way
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
weariness
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From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
well-ordered
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From this reading First, she was a commonplace, useful member of the community, in a small way, and part of the furniture of a well-ordered country-house--plain furniture too, he had said to himself.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But one evening in her company had convinced him that such a Miss Walton was a fiction of his own mind, and he who had come to regard average society girls as a weariness beyond endurance was interested in her immediately.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then her truth and unselfishness, and the strong religious element in her character, had been a constant rebuke to him, but he had soothed himself with the theory that she differed from others only in being untempted.
