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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 Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
advantage
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
all
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From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
aloofness
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
amusement
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
Arsenio
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
Arsenio's
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
assumed
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
awoke
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From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
become
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From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
bed
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
buy
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
CARRÉE
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From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
coffee
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
coming
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
dared
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
delicate
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
devil
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From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
disgustnounUS /dɪsˈɡʌst/
a strong feeling of dislike or sickness caused by something unpleasant
From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
drunk
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
gayety
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
Godfrey
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
Godfrey's
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
hours
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From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
husband
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
infliction
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From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
joy
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From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
late
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
lay
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
Lucinda
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From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
Lucinda's
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
malicious
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
meant
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
Monkey
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From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
only
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From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
own
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From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
pain
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From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
PARTIE
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From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
pay
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
peculiar
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
phrase
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From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
possession
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From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
powerless
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
prevent
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
punishment
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From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
puzzlement
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
queerest
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From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
reviewing
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
sell
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
situation
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
smiling
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
sought
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
spent
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From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
struggling
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
surly
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
unconsciousness
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From this reading After I had drunk my coffee, I lay late in bed, reviewing it, smiling over Arsenio’s malicious gayety, over Godfrey’s surly puzzlement, over myself struggling between amusement and disgust, over Lucinda’s delicate aloofness and assumed unconsciousness of anything peculiar in the situation.
use
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From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
Valdez
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From this reading For the devil and all—to use his own phrase—took possession of Monkey Valdez.
Venice
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lucinda was not the only one to whom the infliction of pain and punishment might become a joy.
willing
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From this reading Arsenio had been powerless to prevent Godfrey from coming to Venice; he meant to make him pay for having come; to make him pay, I suppose, for having sought to take advantage of Arsenio’s need, for having dared to think that he could buy Lucinda—from a husband who all but told him that he was willing to sell her!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading PARTIE CARRÉE WHEN I awoke the next morning, it was with the memory of one of the queerest hours that I had ever spent in my life.
