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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 Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
ADDIE
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
almost
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From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
Bettina
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From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
caution
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From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
ceased
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
considerately
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
DEAR
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
doubt
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
earth
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
exertions
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
expense
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
fetch
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From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
finding
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
full-bottomed
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
gloat
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From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
healthy
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
heirnounUS /er/
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
HEIR-APPARENT
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
infant
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From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
known
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
like
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
making
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
marvellous
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From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
Michael
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
Michaelmas
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
morsel
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From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
Morton
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
most
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From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
Northmoor
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
nurses
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
old
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
original
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
parents
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From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
population
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From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
portrait
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
prosperousadjectiveUS /ˈprɑspərəs/
successful and without serious problems
From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
proud
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From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
Ratzes
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From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
really
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
ridiculously
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
see
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From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
seems
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From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
seen
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From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
son
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
telegram
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Everything is most prosperous, and I am almost as proud as the parents--and to see them gloat over the morsel is a caution.
there
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From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
trouble
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
unswaddled
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From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
very
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
village
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From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was before there was time to fetch anybody but the ancient village Bettina.
washed
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From this reading He seems to be almost equally marvellous to the Ratzes population, being the first infant seen there unswaddled--or washed.
way
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From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
wig
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From this reading They look at him as if such a being had never been known on the earth before; and he really is a very fine healthy creature, most ridiculously like the portrait of the original old Michael Morton Northmoor in the full-bottomed wig.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE HEIR-APPARENT 'MY DEAR ADDIE, 'You have no doubt ceased from your exertions in the way of finding nurses, since the telegram has told you that the son and heir has considerately saved trouble and expense by making his appearance on Michaelmas morning.
