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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 To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
acutely
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From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
all
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From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
behaving
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From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
commonplace
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
cut
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
desired
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From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
discomposure
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
discourteous
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
episode
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From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
evinced
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
exactly
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From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
explanation
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From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
far
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From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
father-in-law
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
felt
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From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
future
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
happened
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From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
incidents
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
Interrupting
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
judge
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From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
Lessingham
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
Lindon
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
merely
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
moment
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From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
most
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
Mr
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
notice
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From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
observed
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
off
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
placidly
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
quickly
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From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
received
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
see
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
set
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From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
sight
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From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
speak
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From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
steps
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
then
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
things
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From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
trace
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From this reading To have received the cut discourteous from his future father-in-law might have been the most commonplace of incidents,--Lessingham evinced not a trace of discomposure.
trust
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From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
turmoil
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From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
turning
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
up
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From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
veins
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From this reading The sight of him had set up such a turmoil in my veins, that, for the moment, I could not trust myself to speak.
waited
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
well
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From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading So far as I could judge, he took no notice of the episode whatever, behaving exactly as if nothing had happened.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I felt, acutely, that an explanation with him was, of all things, the thing most to be desired,--and that quickly.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He merely waited till Mr Lindon was well off the steps; then, turning to me, he placidly observed, ‘Interrupting you again, you see.--May I?’
