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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 The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
altogether
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
aunt
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
back
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
beat
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
board
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
complication
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
days
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
dear
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
difficulties
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
discovery
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
Dora
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
Dora's
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From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
ease
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
effect
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From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
enough
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
entangled
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
father
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
fell
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
felt
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
fountainhead
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
fulfilled
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
gave
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
generally
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
girl's
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
go
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
happiness
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
heart
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
ill
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
interesting
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
known
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
made
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
Mannering
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
meeting
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From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
months
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
mother
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
Mr
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
naturally
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
nearly
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
necessity
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
new
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From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
now
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
off
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
old
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
orders
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
painful
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
payments
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
perhaps
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
provided
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
reason
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
relation
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From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
sense
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
simple
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
sister
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
Then
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From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
there
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
three
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From this reading Everything had been so simple in the old days--those dear old days now nearly three months off, before Mr. Mannering fell ill, to which now Dora felt herself go back with such a sense of happiness and ease, perhaps never to be known again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
troubled
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
very
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
web
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From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading An aunt is not a very interesting relation generally, not enough to make a girl’s heart beat; but it added a complication to the web of altogether new difficulties in which Dora found herself entangled.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Then everything had been above board: there had been no payments to make that were not made naturally by her father, the fountainhead of everything, who gave his simple orders, and had them fulfilled, and provided for every necessity.
why
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The meeting with her new relation had a great effect upon Dora’s mind.
world
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From this reading It troubled her, though there was no reason in the world why the discovery that her mother had a sister, and she herself an aunt, should be painful.
