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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 Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
amused
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
attendance
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
aunt
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
away
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
Bice
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
cab
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
charged
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
Contessa
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
Contessa's
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
conveyed
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
curiosity
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
desire
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
disinfected
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
doubly
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
doubt
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
END
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From this reading THE END.
face
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
fumigated
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
gauze
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
girl
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
heartbroken
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
home
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
house
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
humble
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
lonely
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
longer
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
looking
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
love
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
Lucy
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
marvel
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
marvels
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
Mayfair
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
mother
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
mystery
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
nursery
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
old
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
old-fashioned
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
out
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
patroness
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
pestilence
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
reason
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
remain
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
seen
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
servants
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
Sir
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
some
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
spring
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
taken
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE END.
there
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
thick
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
title
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
Tom
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
Tom's
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
trust
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
vehicle
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From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
veil
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
waited
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
walked
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
why
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From this reading Bice was taken away in the cab, there being no reason why she should remain in a house where Lucy was no longer lonely or heartbroken--but not by her patroness, who was doubly her aunt, but did not love that old-fashioned title, and did love a mystery.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
woman
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From this reading Bice, for her part, was conveyed by the old woman who waited in the cab, the mother of one of the servants in the Mayfair house, to her humble home, where the girl was fumigated and disinfected to the Contessa's desire.
wonder
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The Contessa would not trust herself in the same vehicle with the girl who had come out of little Tom's nursery, and was no doubt charged with pestilence.
years
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From this reading She walked, marvel of marvels, with a thick veil over her face, and Sir Tom, in amused attendance, looking with some curiosity through the gauze at this wonder of a spring morning which she had not seen for years.
