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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 SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
all
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
beautiful
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From this reading It was Saturday, the third of September, a beautiful day.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She loathed the flat, but lacked the energy to leave it every day.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
came
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
carriage
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
close
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
consciously
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
day
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From this reading It was Saturday, the third of September, a beautiful day.
definite
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From this reading There was no sufficiently definite object in leaving it.
despiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
endeavouring
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
energy
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From this reading She loathed the flat, but lacked the energy to leave it every day.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She loathed the flat, but lacked the energy to leave it every day.
expression
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
exuberant
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
eyes
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
face
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
flat
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From this reading She loathed the flat, but lacked the energy to leave it every day.
folds
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
Foucault
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
gone
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
guilty
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
held
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
inactivity
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Saturday, the third of September, a beautiful day.
lacked
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From this reading She loathed the flat, but lacked the energy to leave it every day.
large
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
leave
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From this reading She loathed the flat, but lacked the energy to leave it every day.
leaving
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From this reading There was no sufficiently definite object in leaving it.
lived
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
loathed
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From this reading She loathed the flat, but lacked the energy to leave it every day.
Madame
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
majestic
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
most
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no sufficiently definite object in leaving it.
object
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From this reading There was no sufficiently definite object in leaving it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was Saturday, the third of September, a beautiful day.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
out
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
peculiar
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
peignoir
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
prove
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
relapse
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
righteous
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
room
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
Saturday
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From this reading It was Saturday, the third of September, a beautiful day.
scarcely
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
September
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From this reading It was Saturday, the third of September, a beautiful day.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
shifting
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
SIEGE
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
sincere
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
Sophia
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
Sophia's
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
state
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
suffering
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
sufficiently
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From this reading There was no sufficiently definite object in leaving it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
There
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From this reading There was no sufficiently definite object in leaving it.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Saturday, the third of September, a beautiful day.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
unimportant
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From this reading Sophia, suffering from an unimportant relapse, had remained in a state of inactivity, and had scarcely gone out at all.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
woman
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From this reading THE SIEGE I Madame Foucault came into Sophia's room one afternoon with a peculiar guilty expression on her large face, and she held her peignoir close to her exuberant body in folds consciously majestic, as though endeavouring to prove to Sophia by her carriage that despite her shifting eyes she was the most righteous and sincere woman that ever lived.
