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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 Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
afternoons
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From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
approvingly
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
back
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From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
beatitude
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
book
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
box
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
Cairns
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
came
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
century
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
cigars
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
cloak
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From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
companion
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
decanter
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
delightfully
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
desultorily
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
drill
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
egoism
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
eighteenth
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
garden
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From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
improving
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
latest
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
made
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
many
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From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
memoirs
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
mischievous
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
monotony
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From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
motor
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
noblewomen
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
novel
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
now
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From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
other
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
pergola
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From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
plain
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
read
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
relapse
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
rose-covered
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From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
satisfied
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
side
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
sometimes
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
spent
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From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
state
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
stifling
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From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
sun-bonnet
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
syphon
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
table
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
then
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
times
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
tire
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He spent many afternoons in the back garden under a rose-covered pergola.
unexciting
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From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
Victoria
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From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
WEEK
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From this reading WEEK after week passed on, and now monotony drew her stifling cloak over Victoria.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Cairns was still in a state of beatitude which made him an unexciting companion; satisfied in his egoism, it never came into his mind that Victoria could tire of her life.
whisky
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From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
white
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From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading By his side was a little table with a syphon, a decanter of whisky, and a box of cigars; he read desultorily, sometimes the latest motor novel, at other times the improving memoirs of eighteenth century noblewomen.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Now and then he would look approvingly at Victoria in plain white drill, delightfully mischievous under a sun-bonnet, and relapse into his book.
