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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 On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
act
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
always
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
amused
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
Archie
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
Aren't
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
ascribed
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
ashimed
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
Certainly
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
chest
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
comedy
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
coming
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
conventional
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
country
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
Crescent
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
curtain
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
death
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
diverted
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
drawers
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
drawing-room
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
eagerness
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
end
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
entry
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
expected
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
extremely
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
face
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
feathers
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
fortnight
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
Helena's
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
husband's
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
increase
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
interested
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
interval
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
invariably
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
kept
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
knobby
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
later
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
like
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
motive
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
much
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
nose
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
now
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
Oakland
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
plain
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
playing
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
presently
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
probable
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
received
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
ring
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
rude
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
sat
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
say
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
see
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
seen
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
September
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
serenely
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
serving
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
smiling
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
some
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
square
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
street
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
thereby
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
three
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
tickling
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
to-day
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
twice
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
up
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
very
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From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
waiting
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From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
wanted
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From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On a September morning, some fortnight later, Archie was waiting in the drawing-room at Oakland Crescent for Helena's entry.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He had seen her twice since her husband's death, and it struck him now that she always kept him waiting when she asked him to come and see her, and ascribed to that the very probable motive that she expected thereby to increase his eagerness for her coming.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
white
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From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the interval he sat very serenely smiling to himself, and tickling the end of his nose with three white feathers that he had received in the street to-day.
woman
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Certainly he wanted her to come, because he was much interested and amused in the conventional little comedy she was playing, and he looked forward to the third act, on which the curtain would presently ring up.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
young
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From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That always diverted him extremely; a rude young woman would come up (she was invariably square and plain, and had a knobby face like a chest of drawers) and say, "Aren't you ashimed not to be serving your country?
