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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 gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
almost
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
American
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
beard
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
bow
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
boy
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
brilliantly
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From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
bulk
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
came
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From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
comely
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
confronted
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
contrast
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
corner
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
cut
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
dark
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From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
decidedly
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
end
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
expression
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
form
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From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
formed
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
full
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
fully
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From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
general
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From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
glanced
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
glasses
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From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
gleam
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From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
gold-rimmed
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From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
head
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
how
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From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
humorous
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
interesting
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
iron-gray
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
kindly
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
March's
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
Marches
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From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
misunderstood
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From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
mother
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
mouth
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
new-comers
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
nice
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
nose
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From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
once
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
other
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
perched
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From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
pretty
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From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
questioned
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
renew
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From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
responded
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
said
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From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
sat
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was brilliantly dark, behind the gleam of the gold-rimmed glasses perched on her pretty nose.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
show
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From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
slightness
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
smile
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
struggle
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From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
subironical
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
table
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
table-stewards
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From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
talk
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From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If the talk had been general before the Marches came, it did not at once renew itself in that form.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
tolerated
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From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
vivid
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From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Nothing was said while they were having their first struggle with the table-stewards, who repeated the order as if to show how fully they had misunderstood it.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The gentleman on his right, who sat at the head of the table, was of the humorous, subironical American expression, and a smile at the corner of his kindly mouth, under an iron-gray full beard cut short, at once questioned and tolerated the new-comers as he glanced at them.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He responded to March's bow almost as decidedly as the nice boy, whose mother he confronted at the other end of the table, and with his comely bulk formed an interesting contrast to her vivid slightness.
