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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 She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
accompanied
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
acute
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
aspects
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
black
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
bow
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was the shape that she had worn for years; it was unaffected by the weather and indifferent to the shifting of fashion.
cities
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
collar
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
coming
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
crowded
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
daytime
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
definite
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
distaste
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
down
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
drove
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
excitement
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
eye
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
fashion
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From this reading It was the shape that she had worn for years; it was unaffected by the weather and indifferent to the shifting of fashion.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
hat
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
impulses
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
inappropriately
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
indifferent
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From this reading It was the shape that she had worn for years; it was unaffected by the weather and indifferent to the shifting of fashion.
invariable
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
jaded
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
James's
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
lawn
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
London
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
many
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
more
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
moved
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
movement
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
Mrs
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
neck-gear
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
noisier
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
oppressive
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
Paddington
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
round
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
seen
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
shape
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
shifting
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From this reading It was the shape that she had worn for years; it was unaffected by the weather and indifferent to the shifting of fashion.
silk
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
small
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
solitudes
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
Some
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
soul
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
St
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
stock
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
straw
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
strong
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
Talcott
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
trimmed
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
turned
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From this reading Her neck-gear was the one invariable with her in the daytime; a collar of lawn turned down over a black silk stock.
unaffected
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From this reading It was the shape that she had worn for years; it was unaffected by the weather and indifferent to the shifting of fashion.
up
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
uproar
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
valorous
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
various
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From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the shape that she had worn for years; it was unaffected by the weather and indifferent to the shifting of fashion.
weather
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From this reading It was the shape that she had worn for years; it was unaffected by the weather and indifferent to the shifting of fashion.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
wore
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From this reading Mrs. Talcott wore a small, round, black straw hat trimmed with a black bow.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading It was the shape that she had worn for years; it was unaffected by the weather and indifferent to the shifting of fashion.
years
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From this reading Some years had passed since Mrs. Talcott had been in London, and it seemed to her, coming up from her solitudes, noisier, more crowded, more oppressive than when she had seen it last.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading She had a jaded yet an acute eye for its various aspects, as she drove from Paddington towards St. James's, and a distaste, born of her many years of life in cities, took more definite shape in her, even while the excitement of the movement and uproar accompanied not inappropriately the strong impulses that moved her valorous soul.