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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 What place had they in the map of such a calamity as hers?
acted
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From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
all
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
appointed
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
armed
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
arriving
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
aside
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
attitude
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
Aylmer
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From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
brushed
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
calamity
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From this reading What place had they in the map of such a calamity as hers?
Camilla
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
civility
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
conventions
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
emotions
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From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
evidently
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
fully
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
Gentle
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
grave
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading What place had they in the map of such a calamity as hers?
hour
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
manner
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From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
map
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From this reading What place had they in the map of such a calamity as hers?
minutes
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
Mrs
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “She will not see us?”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
place
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From this reading What place had they in the map of such a calamity as hers?
primal
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From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
profoundly
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
respect
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From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
scarcely
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
see
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From this reading “She will not see us?”
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She will not see us?”
son
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From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
suave-mannered
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading What place had they in the map of such a calamity as hers?
Tancred's
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
ten
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What place had they in the map of such a calamity as hers?
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
to-day
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The primal emotions had, in one respect, acted upon Mrs. Aylmer in the same manner as upon her son.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “She will not see us?”
usually
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From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
visitors
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gentle and suave-mannered as she usually was, to-day she had evidently forgotten, or at least brushed aside, all the conventions.
welcomed
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What place had they in the map of such a calamity as hers?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “She will not see us?”
word
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From this reading The visitors, arriving ten minutes before their appointed hour, were welcomed--though that is scarcely the word to express the profoundly grave and fully armed civility of Mrs. Tancred’s attitude--by Camilla alone.
