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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 After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
abysmal
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
benefactress
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
brand
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
camel
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
cigarettes
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
cigars
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
clearly
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
contrast
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
disappointed
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
discriminating
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
Edward
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
ejected
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From this reading Instead, he gently ejected her.
else
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
exhibited
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
faint
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
favoured
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
former
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
friendly
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
gently
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From this reading Instead, he gently ejected her.
get
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
gridiron
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
grilling
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
historico-artistic
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
hope
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
ignorance
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
indeed
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
ingeniously
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
innocently
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
inquiries
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
Instead
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From this reading Instead, he gently ejected her.
insulting
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
intelligent
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
interest
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
invited
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
inwardly
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
knowledge
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
latest
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
lively
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
man
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
merciful
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
mere
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
more
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
nourished
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
off
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From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
old
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
ones
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
past
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
perfectly
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
pictures
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
play
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
reliefnounUS /rɪˈliːf/
a feeling of comfort after worry or pain
From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
said
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
sensible
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
share
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
showed
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
smell
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
smoking-room
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
subject
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
taught
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
then
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
there
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
unfeigned
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From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He showed her no more pictures, nor, indeed, anything else except his smoking-room, in which she exhibited a lively, and this time perfectly unfeigned interest, and where her intelligent inquiries as to the brand of cigars favoured by him, and her discriminating knowledge of the subject in contrast to her abysmal ignorance of the former ones, taught him that hers had not been a past of mere cigarettes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading After that, being a merciful man, Edward let her get off the historico-artistic gridiron, upon which he had been innocently grilling her.
whiff
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From this reading She had nourished a faint hope that he might have invited her to share a friendly whiff there and then, but it was clearly not to be.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
young
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From this reading “Of course, the old camel would smell it,” said the disappointed young creature, inwardly feeling a sensible relief in this ingeniously insulting play upon the name of her latest benefactress.
