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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
advancement
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From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
afternoon's
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
alliance
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
altered
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
announcement
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
associated
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
atmosphere
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
Aunt
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
behaviour
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
big
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
came
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
case
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
caused
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
certain
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
circle
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
comprehensive
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
Coupled
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
engagement
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
enrichment
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
evident
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
excellent
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
fact
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
failed
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
felt
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
Folkestone
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
friendships
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From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
Helen
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
hostility
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
ideas
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
incompatibilities
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
incongruity
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
incredulous
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
inkling
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
intention
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
jar
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
Kipps
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
like
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
love
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
LOVER
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
lying
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
mechanic
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
New
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
only
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
particular
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
path
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From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
perception
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
Pornick
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
PUPIL
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
rather
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
reflect
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
regarded
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
Romney
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
sane
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
Sec
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
sense
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
shock
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
Sid
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
silenced
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
social
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From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
soon
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
speak
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
specific
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
strewn
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From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
suspicion
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
swelled
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
too
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
touch
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
travelled
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
true
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
truth
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From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
Uncle
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
understanding
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From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
unpleasant
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From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
unprepared
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From this reading Kipps was unprepared for the unpleasant truth; that the path of social advancement is and must be strewn with broken friendships.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
want
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From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was this rather than the want of a specific intention that had silenced him, the perception that when he travelled from Folkestone to New Romney he travelled from an atmosphere where his engagement to Helen was sane and excellent to an atmosphere where it was only to be regarded with incredulous suspicion.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle.
work
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From this reading THE PUPIL LOVER Sec.1 When Kipps came to reflect upon his afternoon's work he had his first inkling of certain comprehensive incompatibilities lying about the course of true love in his particular case.
You'll
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From this reading Coupled and associated with this jar was his sense of the altered behaviour of Sid Pornick, the evident shock to that ancient alliance caused by the fact of his enrichment, the touch of hostility in his "You'll soon be swelled too big to speak to a poor mechanic like me."
