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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 With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
able
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
Allen
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
almost
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From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
appointed
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
arising
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
assembled
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From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
attack
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From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
Bath
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
beautiful
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
Beechen
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
called
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
Catherine
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From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
Cliff
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
contest
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
coppice
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
difficulty
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
disconcert
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
dread
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
engagement
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
event
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
expected
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From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
felt
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
France
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From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
fulfil
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
gladly
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
hanging
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
hearing
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
heartily
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
hero
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
heroine
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
hill
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
impertinent
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
intrusion
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
made
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
measures
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
most
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
Mr
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
new
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
noble
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
object
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
opening
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
painful
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
recollection
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
rejoiced
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
render
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
river
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From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
round
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
said
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From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
seeing
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
side
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From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
south
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From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
spared
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
striking
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
summonsnounUS /ˈsʌmənz/
an official order to appear or respond
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
supportverbUS /səˈpɔːrt/
to provide what someone needs in order to live
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
Tilneys
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
unexpected
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
unnaturally
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From this reading The Tilneys called for her at the appointed time; and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to fulfil her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
verdure
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
victory
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From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
walked
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From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
walking
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From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next morning was fair, and Catherine almost expected another attack from the assembled party.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “I never look at it,” said Catherine, as they walked along the side of the river, “without thinking of the south of France.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
