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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 John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
aghast
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
arrival
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
ask
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
back
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
bell
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
bit
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From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
canna
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
carry
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
cook
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From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
couldn't
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
crape
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
despairing
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
dinner
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
don't
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
Dr
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
Drummond's
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
eat
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From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
especially
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
face
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
feelings
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
fell
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
folks
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
heart
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
Helen
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
house
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
household
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
I've
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
idiom
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
immediately
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
insinuating
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From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
John
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
known
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
lady
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From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
like
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
many
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
Maurice
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
Maybe
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From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
moment
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
morsel
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
moved
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
much
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
north-country-man
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
note
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
old
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
own
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
pale
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
permit
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
round
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
said
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From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
saw
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
say
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
searchings
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
soul
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From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
sound
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
strange
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
strangeness
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
subject
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
swallow
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From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
there
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'I've known folks eat in a strange house, for the strangeness of it like, when they couldn't swallow a morsel in their own.'
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
thoughts
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
tones
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From this reading 'Maybe the lady would eat a bit herself, poor soul,' the cook said in insinuating tones.
turned
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
up
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
veil
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From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
visitors
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
warning
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From this reading John had been aghast at the arrival of visitors, and especially of such visitors, at such a moment; but his feelings would not permit him to carry up dinner immediately, or to sound the bell, the note of warning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'I canna do it, I canna do it--don't ask me,' he said, for John was a north-country-man, and when his heart was moved fell back upon his old idiom.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I would not like to say what despairing thought Dr Maurice might have had about his dinner in the first moment when he turned round and saw Helen Drummond's pale face under her crape veil, but there were many thoughts on the subject in his household, and much searchings of heart.
