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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 “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
Alice
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
all-sufficient
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
any
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From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
apprehension
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
aught
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From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
certainly
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
circumstances
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From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
conceive
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From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
deference
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
defiance
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From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
dignity
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
doubt
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
entertain
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
estimate
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From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
father
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
father's
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
fear
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From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
feel
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
half-hidden
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
hand
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
lady
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From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
maidenly
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
manner
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
Matthew
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
Maule
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
Mistress
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
once
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From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor Alice!
presence
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
protection
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
put
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From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
Pyncheon
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
remarked
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
safe
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
said
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From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
sarcasm
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I certainly shall entertain no manner of apprehension, with my father at hand,” said Alice with maidenly dignity.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
terms
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From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
thus
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From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
tone
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
true
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From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
unhappy
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From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
utmost
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From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading By what unhappy impulse did she thus put herself at once on terms of defiance against a strength which she could not estimate?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
whomsoever
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From this reading “Neither do I conceive that a lady, while true to herself, can have aught to fear from whomsoever, or in any circumstances!”
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Mistress Alice Pyncheon,” remarked Matthew Maule, with the utmost deference, but yet a half-hidden sarcasm in his look and tone, “will no doubt feel herself quite safe in her father’s presence, and under his all-sufficient protection.”
