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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 Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
act
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
all
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
alternating
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
anticipationsplural nounUS /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃənz/
feelings of excitement about something expected to happen
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
assembled
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
averted
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From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
away
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
became
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
carriage
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
chance
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
comedy
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
conveyed
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
countenance
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
crisis
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From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
darker
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
decorously
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
delirious
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
departure
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
despairing
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
die
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
Dr
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
drama
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
drawing-room
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
due
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
escape
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
excitement
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
face
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
farewell
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
felt
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
feverish
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
forget
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
Frances
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
getting
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
got
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
group
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
house
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
Howard
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
humour
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
husband
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
impatience
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
interval
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
invalid
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
involved
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
kind
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
Lady
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From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
lights
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
like
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
living
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
looking
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
made
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
Markham
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From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
mercifully
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From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
miserable
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
moment
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
Nelly
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
nerves
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
new
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
only
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
own
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
place
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
play
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
possibility
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
possible
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
produced
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
prospect
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
quivering
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
rallied
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
reality
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
reflection
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
remove
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
rid
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
said
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From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
scenes
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
seat
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
self-pity
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
slow
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
some
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
somehow
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
sort
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
Southampton
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
spectator
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
spur
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
stages
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
strange
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
successful
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
tableaux
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
temper
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
there
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
throwing
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
tied
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
tragedy
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
turned
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The crisis, however, was averted--“mercifully,” as Lady Markham said.
watch
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
wave
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
way
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From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
Winterbourn
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From this reading She thought that she never should forget the countenance of Nelly Winterbourn as she took her seat beside her husband in the invalid carriage in which he was conveyed away, and turned to wave a farewell to the little group which had assembled to watch the departure.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dr Howard from Southampton--whom she had thought of only by chance, on the spur of the moment, as a way of getting rid of Markham--produced some new lights; and in reality was so successful with the invalid, that he rallied, and it became possible to remove him by slow stages to his own house, to die there, which he did in due course, but some time after, and decorously, in the right way and place.
wretched
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From this reading Frances felt herself like a spectator at a play during all this strange interval, looking on at the third act of a tragedy, which somehow had got involved in a drawing-room comedy, with scenes alternating, and throwing a kind of wretched reflection of their poor humour upon the tableaux of the darker drama.
wretchedness
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
wrought
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From this reading Her face was quivering with a sort of despairing impatience, wretchedness, self-pity, the miserable anticipations of a living creature tied to one who was dead--nerves and temper and every part of her being wrought to a feverish excitement, made half delirious by the prospect, the possibility, of escape.
