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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 Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
all
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
Amphlett
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
aunts
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
black
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
bride
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
bridesmaids
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
Carlton
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
chapel
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
clan
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
Claridge's
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
close
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
conversational
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
countenance
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
dinner-parties
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
Disbrowe
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
discussed
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
else
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From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
entertainment
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
far
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
Father
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
fog
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
fresh
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
friend
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
gown
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
grey
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
Hammond's
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
hat
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
home
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
human
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
husbands
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
immensely
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
Just
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
keep
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
knew
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From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
Lady
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
living
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
marriage
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
more
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From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
most
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
Mr
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
much
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From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
music
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
noble
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
November
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
Okehampton
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
pale
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
place
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
quiet
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
restaurants
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
retreat
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
Ritz's
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
Rutherford's
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
Savoy
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
say
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
season
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
small
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
sprinkling
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
stately
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
subject
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From this reading She discussed the subject at Ritz's, at Claridge's, at the Savoy, at the Carlton, and seemed to have something fresh to say at each place of entertainment.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
Susan
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
there
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
Three
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
two
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
view
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From this reading From a conversational point of view she had been living upon this marriage all through the little season of November fog and small dinner-parties at restaurants or at home.
vivacious
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From this reading Three stately aunts, Lady Okehampton being by far the most human of the three, and their three noble husbands, with Lady Susan Amphlett, vivacious as ever, and immensely pleased with her friend.
wanted
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From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
wedding
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She knew so much more than anybody else, and what she knew was what everybody wanted to know.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
years
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From this reading Just two years after the sudden close of Mr. Rutherford's retreat there was a quiet wedding in Father Hammond's chapel--a bride without bridesmaids, a marriage without music, a bride in a pale grey gown and a black hat, with just a sprinkling of the Disbrowe clan to keep her in countenance.
