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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
almost
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
arms
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
black
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
caused
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
cloak
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
colour
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
crown
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
dainty
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
dais
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
day
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
dogs
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
doublet
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
draperies
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
embrasure
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
entered
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From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
ethereal
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
events
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eyes
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
FAREWELL
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
figure
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
fortnight
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From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
framed
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
ghostlike
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
gold
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
gown
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
graceful
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
happiest
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
Harry
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
how
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
Just
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From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
looking
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
majestic
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
marguerites
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
master
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
moment
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
more
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
much
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
noble
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
now
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
older
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
once
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
picture
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
Plantagenet
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
proud
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
quaintly
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
raised
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
rich
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
roamed
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
room
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From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
roses
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
saw
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
seem
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From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
sheaf
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
soft
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
then
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
there
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
vaguely
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From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
vanished
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From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
walked
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From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
Wessex
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From this reading Just for one moment as Wessex entered the room the events of the last fortnight suddenly vanished from his memory.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She was there before him, in that same soft gown of white, as she had stood that day, with a sheaf of roses in her arms--or were they marguerites?--and once more, as he had done then, he vaguely wondered what colour were her eyes.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
white
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
window
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From this reading She looked such a dainty picture, framed in the rich embrasure of the great window, her graceful figure with its crown of gold looking majestic and noble on the raised dais, ethereal and almost ghostlike, with its rich white draperies.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Harry Plantagenet--happiest of dogs now that his master roamed about with him once more--walked with a proud step beside him.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST FAREWELL She saw in a moment how much older he looked, and quaintly wondered whether the black doublet and cloak caused him to seem so.
