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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 For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
accordant
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
arm
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
bevy
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
bonnets
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
breeze
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
case
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
compliments
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
COURT
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From this reading HOLDING COURT.
delicately
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
display
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
distinguish
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
door
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
drawing-room
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
dress
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
embroidery
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
Falkirk
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
few
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
flowers
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
flutter
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
French
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
gauzes
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
general
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
gloved
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
gloves
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
gratulations
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
HOLDING
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From this reading HOLDING COURT.
impossible
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
impression
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
indeterminate
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
ladies
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
Lasalle
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
led
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
merely
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
met
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
minutes
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
Mme
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
modulation
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
Mr
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
older
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
other
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
put
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
scarcely
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From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
scene
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
shifting
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
show
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
similar
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
soft
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
stir
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
there
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
tone
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From this reading So similar was in every case the display of French flowers, gloves and embroidery; so accordant the make of every dress and the modulation of every tone.
tones
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From this reading For a few minutes there the impression was merely of a flutter of gauzes, a shifting scene of French bonnets, a show of delicately gloved hands, and a general breeze of compliments and gratulations, in those soft and indeterminate tones that stir nothing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading She was scarcely within the door when Mr. Falkirk met her, put her arm within his and led her into the drawing-room.
younger
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From this reading Mme. Lasalle it was, with a bevy of ladies, older and younger, among whom it was impossible at first to distinguish one from the other.
