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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 Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
absent
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
agent
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
assembled
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
balls
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
brief
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
brilliant
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
caravansery
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From this reading There, as in a caravansery, the traveller took his rest, stately and desolate.
care
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
career
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
Carlton
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
charge
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
clouds
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
concerts
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
contemptuously
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
Darrell
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From this reading Once more Guy Darrell.
desolate
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From this reading There, as in a caravansery, the traveller took his rest, stately and desolate.
Dinners
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
down
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
dropped
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
establishment
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
expired
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
floor
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
friends
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
Gardens
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
gracious
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
Guy
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From this reading Once more Guy Darrell.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
halls
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
host
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
hostess
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
house
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
jaded
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
known
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
large
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
lofty
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
many
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
Mills
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
more
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From this reading Once more Guy Darrell.
occupants
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
occupied
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
old
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
Once
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From this reading Once more Guy Darrell.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
opulence
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
other
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
own
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
owner
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
parliamentary
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
recently
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, as in a caravansery, the traveller took his rest, stately and desolate.
room
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
routs
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
season
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
servant
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
silenced
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
site
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
smiling
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
space
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
spirits
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From this reading Dinners and concerts, routs and balls, had assembled the friends and jaded the spirits of many a gracious host and smiling hostess.
stately
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From this reading There, as in a caravansery, the traveller took his rest, stately and desolate.
station
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
suitable
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
temporary
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
tenants
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
tenure
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
then
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
There
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From this reading There, as in a caravansery, the traveller took his rest, stately and desolate.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, as in a caravansery, the traveller took his rest, stately and desolate.
traveller
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From this reading There, as in a caravansery, the traveller took his rest, stately and desolate.
various
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
woman
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From this reading The tenure of one of these temporary occupants had recently expired; and, ere the agent had found another, the long absent owner dropped down into its silenced halls as from the clouds, without other establishment than his old servant Mills and the woman in charge of the house.
year
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From this reading Guy Darrell was alone: a lofty room in a large house on the first floor, --his own house in Carlton Gardens, which he had occupied during his brief and brilliant parliamentary career; since then, left contemptuously to the care of a house agent, to be let by year or by season, it had known various tenants of an opulence and station suitable to its space and site.
