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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 “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
all
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From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
any
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
asking
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
basket
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
breakfast-room
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
concerning
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From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
confidante
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
confidentialadjectiveUS /ˌkɑnfəˈdɛnʃəl/
spoken privately and not for general knowledge
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
conversation
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
curious
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From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
day
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
down
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From this reading I put down my basket with the utmost promptitude.
else
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
entire
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
family
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
few
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
follow
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
fortunately
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
gone
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
hand
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
Harley
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
hold
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
imaginations
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
keys
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
leisure
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
light
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
likely
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
lingering
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
luck
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
Maurice
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
minutes
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
Now
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
one's
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From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
preparing
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
promptitude
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From this reading I put down my basket with the utmost promptitude.
put
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From this reading I put down my basket with the utmost promptitude.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The question was solved sooner than I thought.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
round
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
said
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
seen
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
solved
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From this reading The question was solved sooner than I thought.
sooner
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From this reading The question was solved sooner than I thought.
startled
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
sundry
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
talk
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From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The question was solved sooner than I thought.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
there
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From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The question was solved sooner than I thought.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
utmost
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From this reading I put down my basket with the utmost promptitude.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The question was solved sooner than I thought.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
window
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From this reading When everybody had left our pleasant breakfast-room but myself, and I, with my little basket of keys in my hand, was preparing to follow, Maurice, who had been lingering by the great window, startled me by asking for a few minutes’ conversation, “if I was quite at leisure.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Now, if I had the luck to hold a confidential talk with Maurice, I should have gone round the entire Harley family,” said I to myself the next morning, “and be in the secret of sundry imaginations which have not seen the light of day--but Maurice, fortunately, is not likely to make me nor any one else his _confidante_.
wonder
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From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
worth
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From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I wonder if there is anything at all concerning him which it would be worth one’s while to be curious about?”
