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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 A RELUCTANT INVITATION.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
back
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
back-door
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
better
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
burly
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
cab
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
chauffeurs
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
children
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
Clay's
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
coming
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
disagreeable
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
dismay
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
door
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
figure
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
George
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
getting
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
give
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
giving
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
go
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
house
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
INVITATION
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From this reading A RELUCTANT INVITATION.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
just
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
laughed
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From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
leading
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
Mark
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
more
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
Mr
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
observed
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
out
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From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
park
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
path
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
peace
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From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
Perhaps
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From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
probably
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
RELUCTANT
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From this reading A RELUCTANT INVITATION.
remarked
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From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
sake
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From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
Sarah
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From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
saw
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
some
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
spoke
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
spread
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From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
stable-yard
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
stablemen
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
surveyed
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From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
swaggering
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
tapping
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Sarah laughed, as she spread her hands out before her and surveyed them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
walk
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From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
way
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
We'd
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
well
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From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
window
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From this reading 'We'd better go in the back way, I think,' observed George, tapping at the window of the cab as he spoke and giving the order.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were just getting out of the cab at the little back-door leading into the stable-yard behind the house, when, to their dismay, they saw Mr Mark Clay's burly figure come with swaggering walk along the little path through the park towards the same door, probably coming to give some order, or more probably, his children thought, to make himself disagreeable to his stablemen and chauffeurs.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading 'Perhaps it would be as well, for peace' sake,' she remarked.
