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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 20
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 20

Chapter XXX

Chapter 30 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 20 is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.
Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.
They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.
In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.
Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 20

Chapter XXX

Chapter 30 of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 20 is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.
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Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.
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They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.
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In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.
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Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.”

Unless conjunction US /ənˈles/

except if; if not

From this reading “They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.”

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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 EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

all

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

appal

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From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

arrant

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

awoke

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

bank

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

beast

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

bed

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

beginnings

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

beloved

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

bereaved

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

buried

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

called

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

close

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

come

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

considering

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

cottage

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

CRAMOND

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

diffidence

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

down

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

encourage

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From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

even

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

EVENTS

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

exile

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

feeling

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

Flora

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

folly

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

George

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

given

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

glorious

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

gold

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

hour

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

hours

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

hunted

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

indefatigably

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

Jupiter

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

kept

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

knew

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

lap

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

lay

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

least

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

like

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

loss

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

love

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

master

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

money

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

more

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

much

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

only

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

ostentation

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

panic

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

pardonable

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

pleased

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From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

plenty

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From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

pour

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

remained

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

Seek

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From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

settled

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

shower

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

situation

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

spare

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

Street

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

Then

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From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

there

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From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

thought

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

thousands

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From this reading In the pardonable ostentation of love I had given all the money I could spare to Flora; I had thought it glorious that the hunted exile should come down, like Jupiter, in a shower of gold, and pour thousands in the lap of the beloved.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

UNIVERSITY

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/

except if; if not

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

watch

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

watch-dog

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From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.

WEDNESDAY

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From this reading EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY: THE UNIVERSITY OF CRAMOND I awoke to much diffidence, even to a feeling that might be called the beginnings of panic, and lay for hours in my bed considering the situation.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Then I had in an hour of arrant folly buried what remained to me in a bank in George Street.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Seek where I pleased, there was nothing to encourage me and plenty to appal.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading They kept a close watch about the cottage; they had a beast of a watch-dog--at least, unless I had settled it; and if I had, I knew its bereaved master would only watch the more indefatigably for the loss.