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10
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
5
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
accumulated
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
all
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
allured
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
Arabella
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
baits
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Jasper Losely is beginning to be hard up!
becomes
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Jasper Losely is beginning to be hard up!
believes
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
beset
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
bethinks
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
cabriolet
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
calculation
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
calves
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
capital
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
carried
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
compelled
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
contributed
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
Crane
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
dim
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
dinner
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
discharge
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
Dolly
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
down
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
due
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
duns
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
enlarge
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
exchequer
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
fashionable
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
gone
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
groom
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
hard
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From this reading Jasper Losely is beginning to be hard up!
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
infallible
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jasper Losely is beginning to be hard up!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
Jasper
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From this reading Jasper Losely is beginning to be hard up!
just
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
L
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
legs
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
liver
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
lodgings
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
Losely
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From this reading Jasper Losely is beginning to be hard up!
lost
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
love-letters
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
nayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
observes
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
off
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
pathetically
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
pocket-cannibal
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
Poole
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
promised
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
prospect
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
put
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
remembers
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
retire
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From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
rouge-et-noir
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
savings
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
steals
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
stone
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
three
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
timidly
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jasper Losely is beginning to be hard up!
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
trap
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
up
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From this reading Jasper Losely is beginning to be hard up!
weeds
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
weight
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From this reading Poole himself is beset by duns, and pathetically observes "that he has lost three stone in weight, and that he believes the calves to his legs are gone to enlarge his liver."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Jasper is compelled to put down his cabriolet, to discharge his groom, to retire from his fashionable lodgings; and just when the prospect even of a dinner becomes dim, he bethinks himself of Arabella Crane, and remembers that she promised him L5, nay L10, which are still due from her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
widow
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
woman's
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From this reading The pocket-cannibal baits his woman's trap with love-letters, and a widow allured steals timidly towards it from under the weeds.
young
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From this reading The infallible calculation at rouge-et-noir has carried off all that capital which had accumulated from the savings of the young gentlemen whom Dolly Poole had contributed to his exchequer.
