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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 house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
aloud
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
always
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
any
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
atrociousadjectiveUS /əˈtroʊʃəs/
shockingly wicked, cruel, or extremely bad
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
aunt
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
Bible
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
character
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From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
CROALE
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From this reading MISTRESS CROALE.
customers
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
danger
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
Day
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
deceased
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
decent
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
defame
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
derived
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
drink
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
drunk
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From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
encouraged
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
get
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From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
HenceadverbUS /hens/
for this reason
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
house
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From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
idea
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
kept
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
Kirk
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
lingering
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
live
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
made
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
met
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From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
MISTRESS
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From this reading MISTRESS CROALE.
modesty
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
oaths
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
obligation
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
offence
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From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
offended
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
only
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
paid
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From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
peculiarly
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
place
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
police
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
put
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
quality
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
quarrelnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəl/
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
remaining
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From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
rule
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
Sabbath
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
smallest
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From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
supply
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
tales
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
terms
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From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
up
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
utter
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
vague
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
visit
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From this reading Hence she had made it a rule to supply drink only so long as her customers _kept decent_--that is, so long as they did not quarrel aloud, and put her in danger of a visit from the police; tell such tales as offended her modesty; utter oaths of any peculiarly atrocious quality; or defame the Sabbath Day, the Kirk, or the Bible.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading On these terms, and so long as they paid for what they had, they might get as drunk as they pleased, without the smallest offence to Mistress Croale.
worthiness
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From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading Mistress Croale had come in for a derived worthiness, in the memory, yet lingering about the place, of a worthy aunt deceased, and always encouraged in herself a vague idea of obligation to live up to it.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The house at which they met had yet not a little character remaining.
