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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 Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
all
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
AmidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
analysis
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
angry
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
back
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
breakfast
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
care
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
coffee
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
countenance
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
crisp
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
delight
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
designated
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
disagreeable
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
dress
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
evening
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
expression
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
facial
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
felt
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
fixed
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
fragile
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
fresh-ironed
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
full-blown
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
futile
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
given
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
graciousness
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
grass
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
Henley
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
Henley's
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
husband
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
jauntiness
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
jerked
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
just
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
large
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
liking
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
lost
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
manner
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
Mrs
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
neck
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
others
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
overcast
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
past
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
permanent
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
phenomena
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
pinned
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
pleasure
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
pursuit
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
rather
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
remarking
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
rose
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
round
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
ruffles
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
rule
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
scene
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From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
showed
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
sort
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
suddenness
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning at breakfast Mrs. Henley seemed to have lost all memory of the angry scene on the grass the evening before.
too
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
two
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
unprofitable
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
unusual
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From this reading Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness.
up
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From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
white
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From this reading Amid the white ruffles at her neck she had pinned a large, full-blown rose, and her manner toward the others was a fragile sort of graciousness which would have been a delight if one could have felt that it was permanent.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Her countenance was overcast with an expression that her husband would have designated as one of pleasure had he been given to the analysis of her facial phenomena, a pursuit he had long since given up as futile and unprofitable.
Wrinkles
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From this reading As a rule she passed Henley's coffee to him through the hands of the two Wrinkles, but this morning she rose and brought it round to him, remarking that she had fixed it just to his liking.
