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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 When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
Allan
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
Allan's
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
angry
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
back
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
banishment
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
bitter
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
blackest
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
calendar
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
client
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
companion
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
contempt
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
cottage
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
DAVID
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From this reading “Your obedient servant, “DAVID MILROY.”
day
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
depression
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
door
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
early
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
efforts
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
father
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
felt
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
friend
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
gone
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
instead
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
intercourse
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
letter
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
made
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
major's
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
marked
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
MILROY
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From this reading “Your obedient servant, “DAVID MILROY.”
Monday
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
more
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
naturally
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
Neelie
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
neighbor
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
now
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
obedient
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From this reading “Your obedient servant, “DAVID MILROY.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
past
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
Pedgift's
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
penitently
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
pronounced
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
received
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From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
reflection
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
regretfully
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
Reverting
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From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
reviewed
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
rouse
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
say
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
sense
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
sentence
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
servant
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From this reading “Your obedient servant, “DAVID MILROY.”
served
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
shouldn't
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
shut
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
state
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
subsided
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
sunk
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
tone
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
traveling
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From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Allan’s first angry sense of the tone of contempt in which his friend and neighbor pronounced sentence on him had subsided, it left him sunk in a state of depression from which no efforts made by his traveling companion could rouse him for the rest of the day.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Reverting naturally, now that his sentence of banishment had been pronounced, to his early intercourse with the cottage, his memory went back to Neelie, more regretfully and more penitently than it had gone back to her yet.
word
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From this reading “If _she_ had shut the door on me, instead of her father,” was the bitter reflection with which Allan now reviewed the past, “I shouldn’t have had a word to say against it; I should have felt it served me right.”
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The Monday morning on which his client received the major’s letter was the blackest Monday that had yet been marked in Pedgift’s calendar.
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your obedient servant, “DAVID MILROY.”
