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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 DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
absence
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
actress
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
alluded
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
aloud
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
applaud
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
ASKING
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
beg
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
book
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
called
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
career
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
characters
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
conclude
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
declaiming
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
DOCTORnounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
doctor's
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
DOCTORING
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
door
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
down
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
drawing-room
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
gone
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
grandly
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
hand
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
heard
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
Henley
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
Hugh
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
husband
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
informed
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
invalid
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
kindly
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
maid
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
Miss
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
Mountjoy
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
Mr
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
Mrs
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
occupied
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
only
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
opened
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
out
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
own
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
pleasure
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
private
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
reading
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
reminiscences
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
return
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
room
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
solitary
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
sonorous
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
striding
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From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
supposed
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
tempted
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
theatrical
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
tragic
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From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
up
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
Vimpany's
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
voice
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
wait
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
walk
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From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
way
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From this reading On his way up to the drawing-room, Mountjoy heard Mrs. Vimpany's sonorous voice occupied, as he supposed, in reading aloud.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading After what Hugh had already heard, he could only conclude that reminiscences of her theatrical career had tempted the solitary actress to make a private appearance, for her own pleasure, in one of those tragic characters to which her husband had alluded.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading DOCTORING THE DOCTOR ASKING for Miss Henley at the doctor's door, Hugh was informed that she had gone out, with her invalid maid, for a walk.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The door being opened for him, he surprised her, striding up and down the room with a book in her hand; grandly declaiming without anybody to applaud her.
word
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From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had left word, if Mr. Mountjoy called in her absence, to beg that he would kindly wait for her return.
