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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 The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
accompanied
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From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
all
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
almost
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
approached
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From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
Aunt
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
Boston's
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
briskness
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From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
Brook
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
calamities
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
carried
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
Cassie
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
community's
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
Cottage
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
death
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
disconcerting
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
disseminator
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
drive
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From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
eager
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
event
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
familiar
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From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
families
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
funeral
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
ghost
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
Horace
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
hot
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From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
indolence
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From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
kept
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
ladies
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
leaked
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
listening
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From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
man
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
means
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
member
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
most
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
news
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
noticed
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From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
obituary
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
offices
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
old
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
Olivia
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From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
out
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
penetrated
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
Pentland
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
principal
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
proudest
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
quarters
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
quiet
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
rake
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
reappeared
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
request
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
Sabine
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From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
sat
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From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
scandal
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
sent
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
simple
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
then
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
there
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
trace
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From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
Transcript
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From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
unaccustomed
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From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
up
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
vanished
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From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
vengeance
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From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
warning
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From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The death of Horace Pentland was not an event to be kept quiet by so simple a means as a funeral that was almost secret; news of it leaked out and was carried here and there by ladies eager to rake up an old Pentland scandal in vengeance upon Aunt Cassie, the community’s principal disseminator of calamities.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It even penetrated at last the offices of the _Transcript_, which sent a request for an obituary of the dead man, for he was, after all, a member of one of Boston’s proudest families.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The ghost accompanied Sabine up the long drive one hot morning while Olivia sat listening to Aunt Cassie.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Olivia noticed that Sabine approached them with an unaccustomed briskness, that all trace of the familiar indolence had vanished.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading And then, without warning, the ghost of Horace Pentland reappeared suddenly in the most disconcerting of all quarters--Brook Cottage.
