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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 END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
affectionately
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
always
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
apprehensively
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
arrayed
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
black
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
bland
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From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
calm
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
came
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From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
chief
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
CONSTANCE
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
contentedly
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From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
dear
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
disdainfully
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
drawing-room
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
easy-chair
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
END
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
enemies
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
enemy
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
forgiving
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
girl
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From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
head
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From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
Holl
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
June
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
kissed
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From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
lady
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
later
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
lifted
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From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
Lily
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
low
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
months
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
more
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
Mrs
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
new-comer
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
now
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From this reading Constance was now very stout.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
old
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
older
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
optimistic
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
oval
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
overlooking
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
Povey's
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
referred
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
rheumatism
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
sat
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
sciatica
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
silk
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
sixty
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
smile
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From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
somewhat
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
spoken
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
Square
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
stout
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From this reading Constance was now very stout.
table
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
twelve
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
unprivileged
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
very
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From this reading Constance was now very stout.
victim
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From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
walked
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
window
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From this reading She sat in a low easy-chair between the oval table and the window, arrayed in black silk.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As the girl Lily came in, Constance lifted her head with a bland smile, and Lily kissed her, contentedly.
years
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From this reading END OF CONSTANCE I When, on a June afternoon about twelve months later, Lily Holl walked into Mrs. Povey's drawing-room overlooking the Square, she found a calm, somewhat optimistic old lady--older than her years--which were little more than sixty--whose chief enemies were sciatica and rheumatism.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The sciatica was a dear enemy of long standing, always affectionately referred to by the forgiving Constance as 'my sciatica'; the rheumatism was a new-comer, unprivileged, spoken of by its victim apprehensively and yet disdainfully as 'this rheumatism.'
