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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 About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
absorbing
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From this reading The vicar’s wife was plunged in a housekeeping experiment of absorbing interest.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
All
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
annals
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
breathed
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
cook
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
couvre-pied
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
day
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
decided
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
enabled
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
energies
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
evening
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
experiment
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From this reading The vicar’s wife was plunged in a housekeeping experiment of absorbing interest.
fastidious
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
fault
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
four
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
garden
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
gone
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
high
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
house-wifely
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
housekeeping
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From this reading The vicar’s wife was plunged in a housekeeping experiment of absorbing interest.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
interest
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From this reading The vicar’s wife was plunged in a housekeeping experiment of absorbing interest.
intermittent
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
knees
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
lady
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
lap
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
large
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
lavish
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
marked
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
mistress
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
Mrs
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
neighborhood
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
newspaper
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
nose
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
o'clock
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
once
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
other
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
own
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
plunged
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From this reading The vicar’s wife was plunged in a housekeeping experiment of absorbing interest.
possible
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
preparations
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
pretence
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
reading
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
reality
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
Sarah
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
seated
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
solid
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
spectacles
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
spirit
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
taken
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
tea
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
there
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From this reading All her _solid_ preparations for the evening were over, and in her own mind she decided that with them there was no possible fault to be found.
things
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
Thornburgh's
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
up
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From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
vicar's
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From this reading The vicar’s wife was plunged in a housekeeping experiment of absorbing interest.
vicarage
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
Whinborough
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
Whindale
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From this reading About four o’clock on the afternoon of the day which was to be marked in the annals of Long Whindale as that of Mrs. Thornburgh’s ‘high tea,’ that lady was seated in the vicarage garden, her spectacles on her nose, a large _couvre-pied_ over her knees, and the Whinborough newspaper on her lap.
wife
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From this reading The vicar’s wife was plunged in a housekeeping experiment of absorbing interest.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The neighborhood of this last enabled her to make an intermittent pretence of reading; but in reality the energies of her house-wifely mind were taken up with quite other things.
work
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From this reading The cook, Sarah, had gone about her work in a spirit at once lavish and fastidious, breathed into her by her mistress.
