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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 "There seems to be a favourable change in Shiela.
almost
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
apparently
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
aunt
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From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
autumn
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From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
aversion
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From this reading Her aversion to people is certainly modified.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "There seems to be a favourable change in Shiela.
beautiful
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
better
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
certainly
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From this reading Her aversion to people is certainly modified.
change
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From this reading "There seems to be a favourable change in Shiela.
changed
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
childish
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
correctly
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
day
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
dear
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
delicate
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
face
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
favourable
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From this reading "There seems to be a favourable change in Shiela.
features
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
fled
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
foreign
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
Garry
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
HAMIL
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From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her aversion to people is certainly modified.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
hope
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
hot
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
Late
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From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
Lester
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
like
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
meant
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
met
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
Miss
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
modified
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From this reading Her aversion to people is certainly modified.
more
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
mould
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
nobler
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
nurse
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
parted
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
pass
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
pathetic
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
people
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From this reading Her aversion to people is certainly modified.
person
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
precisely
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
quietly
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
said
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
Sapphire
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From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
seeing
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
seems
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From this reading "There seems to be a favourable change in Shiela.
settled
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
Shiela
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From this reading "There seems to be a favourable change in Shiela.
SILENT
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From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
slowly
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
softness
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
speak
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
spoke
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
Springs
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From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
strives
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
surprise
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
There
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From this reading "There seems to be a favourable change in Shiela.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There seems to be a favourable change in Shiela.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
too
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
trained
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
turned
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
undecided
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From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
usual
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
very
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Garry, dear, it was too pathetic; she is so changed--beautiful, even more beautiful than before; but the last childish softness has fled from the delicate and almost undecided features you remember, and her face has settled into a nobler mould.
way
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
wrote
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From this reading HAMIL IS SILENT Late in the autumn his aunt wrote Hamil from Sapphire Springs:
Yesterday
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From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yesterday on my way to the hot springs I met her with her trained nurse, Miss Lester, face to face, and of course meant to pass on as usual, apparently without seeing her; but to my surprise she turned and spoke my name very quietly; and I said, as though we had parted the day before--'I hope you are better'; and she said, 'I think I am'--very slowly and precisely like a person who strives to speak correctly in a foreign tongue.
