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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 But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
air
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From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
all
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From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
also
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
arisen
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
attention
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
box
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
caught
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
challenge
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
click
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
closed
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From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
curtain
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
deprecating
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
discreetly
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
door
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
face
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
faces
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From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
general
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
Gostrey
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
greeting
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
hand
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
hush
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
just
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
lobby
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
Miss
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
mistake
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From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
opened
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
ouvreuse
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
quick
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
quickly
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
see
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From this reading “That’s what we shall see!”
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “That’s what we shall see!”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
showed
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From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
signed
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
smile
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
spoke
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
stand
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
stranger
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
Strether
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
Strether's
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
striking
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From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
tacit
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
That's
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From this reading “That’s what we shall see!”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
things
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
turned
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From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
unannounced
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
visitor
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From this reading The curtain had just again arisen, and, in the hush of the general attention, Strether’s challenge was tacit, as was also the greeting, with a quickly deprecating hand and smile, of the unannounced visitor.
wait
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “That’s what we shall see!”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “That’s what we shall see!”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The door closed behind him, and, though their faces showed him his mistake, his air, which was striking, was all good confidence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But quite as she spoke she turned, and Strether turned; for the door of the box had opened, with the click of the _ouvreuse_, from the lobby, and a gentleman, a stranger to them, had come in with a quick step.
worked
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From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He discreetly signed that he would wait, would stand, and these things and his face, one look from which she had caught, had suddenly worked for Miss Gostrey.
