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Chapter VIII
DORCAS SHOWS HER JEWELS TO MISS LAKE. Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon. Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else. Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision. But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.”
The quality of being intelligent, quick to understand, and resourceful in danger.
From this reading “But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
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From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
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From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
The quality of being intelligent, quick to understand, and resourceful in danger.
From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
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From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
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From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
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From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
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From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading DORCAS SHOWS HER JEWELS TO MISS LAKE.
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From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
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From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
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From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading DORCAS SHOWS HER JEWELS TO MISS LAKE.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
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From this reading DORCAS SHOWS HER JEWELS TO MISS LAKE.
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From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
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From this reading DORCAS SHOWS HER JEWELS TO MISS LAKE.
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From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading DORCAS SHOWS HER JEWELS TO MISS LAKE.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
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From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DORCAS SHOWS HER JEWELS TO MISS LAKE.
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From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stanley Lake and his sister dined next day at Brandon.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading DORCAS SHOWS HER JEWELS TO MISS LAKE.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
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From this reading Under the cold shadow of Lady Chelford, the proprieties flourished, and generally very little else.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
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From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But sometimes she would talk, and treat her hearers to her recollections, and recount anecdotes with a sort of grim cleverness, not wholly unamusing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Awful she was, and prompt to lecture young people before their peers, and spoke her mind with fearful directness and precision.
