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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 Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
all
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
aroused
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
blowing
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
bondage
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
came
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
chains
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
clouds
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
conveyed
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
day
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
don't
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
drifting
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
enlightenment
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
execution
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
explain
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
felt
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
fled
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
frightened
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
fun
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From this reading That was said “in fun” she knew.
girl
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
going
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
hard
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
Highland
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
hundred
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
interpret
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
Jeanie
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
kind
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
knew
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
like
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
man
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
marriage
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
mean
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
meaning
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
meant
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
now
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
out
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
own
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
persiflage
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
put
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
rolling
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
room
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
said
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shape
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
singly
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
soul
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spoken
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
storm
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
suspicions
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
sweeping
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
there
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
things
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
uneasiness
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
uninstructed
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From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
up
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
vaguely
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From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
very
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From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jeanie fled to her own room, and all that had been said went vaguely rolling and sweeping through her mind like clouds blowing up for a storm.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
word
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From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A hundred things he had said came drifting up--singly they had no meaning, and without something in her own soul to interpret them they would have conveyed no enlightenment to the uninstructed Highland girl.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Jeanie knew that there was a kind of _persiflage_--though she did not know the word nor yet what it meant--in which marriage was spoken of as bondage, and it was said of a man that he was going up for execution on his marriage day.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Even now, though aroused and frightened, it was very hard for Jeanie to put in shape or to explain to herself, what were the suspicions and the uneasiness she felt,--“they don’t think of that out there, they don’t put you in chains out there,”--what did it mean?
