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Chapter XIX
PERSECUTION. In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels. Various troubles there attended her. All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley. Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
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From this reading Various troubles there attended her.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
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From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
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From this reading PERSECUTION.
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From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
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From this reading Various troubles there attended her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
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From this reading Various troubles there attended her.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
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From this reading Various troubles there attended her.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the mean time Florence Mountjoy was not passing her time pleasantly at Brussels.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
in the company of; together with
From this reading All her friends around her were opposed to her marriage with Harry Annesley.
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From this reading Harry Annesley had become a very unsavory word in the mouths of Sir Magnus and the British Embassy generally.
