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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
bodeful
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
Calmaine
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
careful
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
childhood
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
Connie
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
Constance
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
CONTRARY
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
convalescence
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
coursed
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
diligently
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
doctor's
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
domestic
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
Elliott
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From this reading "Why, Constance Elliott!
endeavor
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
expedients
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
failure
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
far
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
field
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
Gannon's
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
gave
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
heart
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
hesitant
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
idea
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
Ignoring
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
inasmuch
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
instance
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
introduction
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
leaned
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
many
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
Margaret
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
Margaret's
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
moral
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
motherly
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
Mrs
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
pointing
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
prediction
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
professed
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
progress
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
prophecynounUS /ˈprɒf.ə.si/
A prediction of what will happen in the future, often divinely or magically inspired.
From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
proposing
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
protégée
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
quartering
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
rather
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
recovery
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
rehabilitation
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
said
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
sense
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From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
slow
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
sorry
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
state
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
thankful
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
truth
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
try
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From this reading Constance professed to be sorry, but in her heart she was thankful, since the hesitant convalescence gave her time to try many expedients pointing toward the moral rehabilitation of her protégée.
uncertain
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From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CONTRARY to the doctor's prophecy, Margaret Gannon's progress toward recovery was slow and rather uncertain.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
Why
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From this reading "Why, Constance Elliott!
wide
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From this reading Ignoring Margaret's bodeful prediction, Constance coursed far and wide, quartering the domestic field diligently; but inasmuch as she was careful in each instance to state the exact truth, each endeavor was but the introduction to another failure.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The idea of your proposing such a thing to me!" said Mrs. Calmaine, upon whose motherly good sense Connie had leaned from childhood.
