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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 “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
able
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
absence
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
Afterwards
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
any
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
begin
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
burden
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
carry
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
Clementina
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
cognition
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
didn't
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
down
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
effect
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
explain
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
felt
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
finer
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
got
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
hat
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It would have been silly.”
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
head
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
hesitation
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
hide
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
home
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
isn't
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
It's
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
laid
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
lifted
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
lover
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
meeting
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
new
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
off
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
old
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
once
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
only
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
out
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
possibly
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
presume
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
rather
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
recurred
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
said
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
say
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
sense
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
silly
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From this reading It would have been silly.”
some
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
stay
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
taken
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
tried
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
up
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From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
very
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
view
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From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
want
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From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was possibly through some sense finer than any cognition that Clementina felt in meeting her lover that she had taken up a new burden rather than laid down an old one.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Afterwards, when they once recurred to that meeting, and she tried to explain for him the hesitation which she had not been able to hide, she could only say, “I presume I didn't want to begin unless I was sure I could carry out.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “It's a very pleasant view, isn't it?” she said; and she lifted her hands to her head, and took off her hat, with an effect of having got home after absence, to stay.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would have been silly.”
XXXVIII
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From this reading XXXVIII.
