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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 When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
admirably
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
almost
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
announced
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
answer
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
barber
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
case
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From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
celebrities
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
celebrity
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
conscious
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
dark
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
days
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
deal
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
don't
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
father
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
fifty
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
figure
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
fittedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪd/
prepared and equipped for a particular purpose
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
frontage
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
grey
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
grizzled
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
high
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
house-bell
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
immediate
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
indicate
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From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
institution
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
lady
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
man
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
mean
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
mightn't
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From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
moustache
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
noted
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
often
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
porter's
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
portrait
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From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
preferred
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From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
professionally
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
proved
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From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
public
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
say
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
sense
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From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
sir
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
sitters
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
slightly
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
some
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
straight
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
striking
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
tailor
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
There
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From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
truth
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From this reading It was a truth of which I had for some time been conscious that a figure with a good deal of frontage was, as one might say, almost never a public institution.
used
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
very
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
vision
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
visitors
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From this reading Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be; but not in the sense I should have preferred.
walking-coat
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From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was nothing at first however to indicate that they mightn't have come for a portrait.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
wife
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
wish
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From this reading When the porter's wife, who used to answer the house-bell, announced "A gentleman and a lady, sir," I had, as I often had in those days--the wish being father to the thought--an immediate vision of sitters.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The gentleman, a man of fifty, very high and very straight, with a moustache slightly grizzled and a dark grey walking-coat admirably fitted, both of which I noted professionally--I don't mean as a barber or yet as a tailor--would have struck me as a celebrity if celebrities often were striking.
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