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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 It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
altar
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
annoyance
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
any
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
better
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
breeding
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
caused
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
certain
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
cessation
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
character
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
clubs
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
compelled
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
county
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
down
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
dragged
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
duties
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
enough
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
failing
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
families
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
final
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
forces
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
forget
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
friends
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
grandmothers
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
greater
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
hardly
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
hitherto
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
idiot
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
ignoble
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
imagined
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
indebted
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
induced
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
inquire
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
intermittent
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
John's
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
knew
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
known
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
lady
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
less
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
Lestrange
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
level
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
mainly
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
manifested
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
manners
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
marry
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
more
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
motives
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
much
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
muddy
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
mésalliance
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
occasioned
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
own
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
pool
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
remind
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
say
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From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
set
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From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
sir
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
small
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
St
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
stirring
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
surprise
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
villa
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is enough to say that these forces were mainly ignoble, as manifested by their intermittent character and final cessation.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
Wilton
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
woman
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From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
Wood
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From this reading For had he not been dragged to the altar by a woman whose manners and breeding were hardly on the level of a villa in St. John's Wood?
world
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From this reading The _mésalliance_ occasioned not a little surprise, and quite as much annoyance, among the county families,--failing, however, to remind any that certain of their own grandmothers had been no better known to the small world than lady Lestrange.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be but stirring a muddy pool to inquire--not what motives induced, but what forces compelled sir Wilton Lestrange to marry a woman nobody knew.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It caused yet more surprise, though less annoyance, in the clubs to which sir Wilton had hitherto been indebted for help to forget his duties: they set him down as a greater idiot than his friends had hitherto imagined him.
