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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 This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
absence
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
all
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
awoke
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
back
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
Bee
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
blurred
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
breach
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
break
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
breast
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
came
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
care
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
children
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
cold
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
Colonel
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
coming
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
communication
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
countenance
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
day
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
days
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
dinner
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
dismay
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
doing
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
dolce
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
doubt
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
eat
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
else
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
ended
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
enough
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
estrangement
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
exclaimed
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
expansion
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
fact
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
far
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
fuller
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
gave
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
gentle
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
getting
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
Gliding
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
going
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
hard
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
harmony
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
hasty
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
home
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
hour
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
household
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
how
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
HoweveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
husband
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
inclination
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
Johnny
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
kind
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
Kingsward
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
Kingsward's
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
knew
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
Lucy
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
made
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
meant
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
moment
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
more
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
mother
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
Mrs
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
much
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
natural
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
niente
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
numbered
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
nursery
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
obliterated
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
Oh
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
outline
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
pang
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
papa
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
peace
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
perfectly
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
planted
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
pressing
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
put
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
quiet
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
realisation
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
reality
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
remembered
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
riot
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
say
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
scarcely
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
sent
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
seven
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
shootingnounUS /ˈshooting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
somewhere
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
soon
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
suggested
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
sweetness
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
swept
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
sympathy
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
telegram
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
ten
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
thorn
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From this reading This communication made a little breach between Bee and her mother and planted a thorn in Mrs. Kingsward’s breast.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
thoughts
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
thus
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
to-morrow
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
troublesome
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
troublous
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
two
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
two's
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
unconscious
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
up
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From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
ways
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
week
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From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
well
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From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had been getting on so well; the quiet (which meant the riot of the seven nursery children and all their troublesome ways) had been doing her so much good, and the absence of every care save that Johnny should not take cold, and Lucy eat enough dinner--that it was hard upon her thus to be brought back in a moment to another and a more pressing kind of care.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Colonel Kingsward sent a hasty telegram to say that he was going on somewhere else for another ten days’ shooting, and that, though she exclaimed at first with a countenance of dismay, “Oh, children, papa is not coming home for another week!” in reality gave a pang of relief to her mind.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
words
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From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading However, after an hour or two’s estrangement from Bee, which ended in a fuller expansion than ever of sympathy between them--and a morning or two in which Mrs. Kingsward remembered as soon as she awoke that it would be her duty to tell her husband and break up the pleasant peace and harmony of the household--the sweetness of that _dolce far niente_ swept over her again and obliterated or at least blurred the outline of all such troublous thoughts.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Gliding into her being, she scarcely knew how, was an inclination to take every day as it came without thinking of to-morrow--which was perfectly natural, no doubt, and yet was an unconscious realisation of the fact, which as yet she had never put into words, nor had suggested to her, that those gentle days were numbered.
