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air
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Pooley, Miss Proctor, the Gardners, and Canon Wharton.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The same little procession filed through her drawing-room as before.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The same little procession filed through her drawing-room as before.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
Canon
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From this reading Mrs. Pooley, Miss Proctor, the Gardners, and Canon Wharton.
clinging
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
desperate
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
drawing-room
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Eliott
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Eliott's
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
exhausted
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
exhausting
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From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
filed
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flagged
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From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
Gardners
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From this reading Mrs. Pooley, Miss Proctor, the Gardners, and Canon Wharton.
glory
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
haggard
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
heights
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The same little procession filed through her drawing-room as before.
ideas
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From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
intellectual
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less
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From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
Majendie
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
miscellaneous
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From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
Miss
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From this reading Mrs. Pooley, Miss Proctor, the Gardners, and Canon Wharton.
more
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
Mrs
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
Pooley
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From this reading Mrs. Pooley, Miss Proctor, the Gardners, and Canon Wharton.
possibly
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From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
precipitous
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
procession
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From this reading The same little procession filed through her drawing-room as before.
Proctor
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From this reading Mrs. Pooley, Miss Proctor, the Gardners, and Canon Wharton.
pursuing
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From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The same little procession filed through her drawing-room as before.
saw
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
Square
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The same little procession filed through her drawing-room as before.
Thursdays
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
Thurston
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
undiminished
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From this reading Though Thurston Square saw little of Mrs. Majendie, the glory of Mrs. Eliott's Thursdays remained undiminished.
vaguer
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From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Eliott was more than ever haggard and pursuing; she had more than ever the air of clinging, desperate and exhausted, on her precipitous intellectual heights.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But Mrs. Pooley never flagged, possibly because her ideas were vaguer and more miscellaneous, and therefore less exhausting.
Wharton
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From this reading Mrs. Pooley, Miss Proctor, the Gardners, and Canon Wharton.
