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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 Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
all
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
arm
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
astounded
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
back
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
brains
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
cattle-yard
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
caught
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
comes
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
company
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
corn
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
diligently
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
Donal
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
door
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From this reading The door was opened.
drawing-room
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
entered
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
eyes
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
face
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
former
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
fully
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
gently
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
Gibbie
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
Gibbie's
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
Ginevra
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
GIRLS
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From this reading THE GIRLS.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
hazel
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
head
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
ignorance
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
just
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
keen
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
latter
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
led
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
looking
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
loose-jointed
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
mat
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
minute
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
Mr
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
opened
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From this reading The door was opened.
out
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
possible
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
presumption
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
pull
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
resisting
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
results
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
room
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
rose
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
round
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
rubbing
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
Sclater
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
shoes
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
sight
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
sought
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
sower
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
spent
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
stair
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
stared
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
stride
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIRLS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
then
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
threw
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
triumph
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
uneasy
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
up
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From this reading Donal spent fully a minute rubbing his shoes on the mat, as diligently as if he had just come out of the cattle-yard, and then Gibbie led him in triumph up the stair to the drawing-room.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
walked
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The door was opened.
way
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From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Donal entered in that loose-jointed way which comes of the brains being as yet all in the head, and stood, resisting Gibbie’s pull on his arm, his keen hazel eyes looking gently round upon the company, until he caught sight of the face he sought, when, with the stride of a sower of corn, he walked across the room to Ginevra.
youths
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From this reading Mrs. Sclater rose; Mr. Sclater threw himself back and stared; the latter astounded at the presumption of the youths, the former uneasy at the possible results of their ignorance.
