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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 All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
afterwards
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
All
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
basin
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
bay
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
Borghese
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
brother
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
Burgoyne
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
companion
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
corner
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
Eleanor
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
Elliot
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
face
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
finally
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
flight
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
fountain
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
fragrant
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
gallery
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
garden
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
girl
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
go
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
green
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
hastily
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
hedges
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
home
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
hours
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
how
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
just
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
knew
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
languid
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
looking
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
Lucy
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
man
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
Manisty
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
Manisty's
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
Marinata
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
meet
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
missed
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
Mr
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
Mrs
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
Neal
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
nymphs
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
overtake
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
palace
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
pictures
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
pines
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
pursuit
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
recollection
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
remembered
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
rendezvous
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
returning
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
ring
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
round
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
said
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From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
shady
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
shrub
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
shut
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
some
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
spend
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
statues
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
stone
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
submitverbUS /səbˈmɪt/
to accept another person's control or a difficult situation
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
surrounded
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
tempietti
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
triumphant
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From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
two
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
undulations
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From this reading Of the pictures and statues of the palace, of the green undulations, the stone pines, the _tempietti_ of the garden, Lucy afterwards had no recollection.
vast
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
Villa
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From this reading The party returning to Marinata had two hours to spend in the gallery and garden of the Villa Borghese.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All that she remembered was flight on her part, pursuit on Manisty's, and finally a man triumphant and a girl brought to bay.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading 'I do not understand how I have missed Mrs. Burgoyne,' she said hastily, looking round for her companion Mrs. Elliot, who had just left her to overtake her brother and go home; while Lucy was to meet Eleanor and Mr. Neal at this rendezvous.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
yellow
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From this reading It was in a shady corner of the vast garden, where hedges of some fragrant yellow shrub shut in the basin of a fountain, surrounded by a ring of languid nymphs, that Lucy at last found herself face to face with Manisty, and knew that she must submit.
