Chapter XIII
Strether resumed for a minute his walk. “She’s really perfectly lovely, you know. Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.” “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.” And she mused a moment in her friend’s way.
The Ambassadors
Chapter XIII
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Strether
resumed
for
a
minute
his
walk.
“She’s
really
perfectly
lovely,
you
know.
Far
prettier
than
any
girl
I’ve
seen
over
here
yet.”
“That’s
precisely
on
what
I
perhaps
most
build.”
And
she
mused
a
moment
in
her
friend’s
way.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Strether
resumed
for
a
minute
his
walk.
Line 2
“She’s
really
perfectly
lovely,
you
know.
Line 3
Far
prettier
than
any
girl
I’ve
seen
over
here
yet.”
Line 4
“That’s
precisely
on
what
I
perhaps
most
build.”
Line 5
And
she
mused
a
moment
in
her
friend’s
way.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.””
Know
noun
US /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““She’s really perfectly lovely, you know.”
Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.””
Perhaps
noun
US /perhaps/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.””
Resumed
noun
US /ˈresumed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Strether resumed for a minute his walk.”
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.””
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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 Strether resumed for a minute his walk.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she mused a moment in her friend’s way.
any
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From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
build
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From this reading “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.”
Far
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From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Strether resumed for a minute his walk.
friend's
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girl
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From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And she mused a moment in her friend’s way.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Strether resumed for a minute his walk.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.”
I've
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From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And she mused a moment in her friend’s way.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She’s really perfectly lovely, you know.
lovely
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From this reading “She’s really perfectly lovely, you know.
minute
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From this reading Strether resumed for a minute his walk.
moment
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From this reading And she mused a moment in her friend’s way.
most
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From this reading “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.”
mused
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
perfectly
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From this reading “She’s really perfectly lovely, you know.
perhaps
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From this reading “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.”
precisely
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From this reading “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.”
prettier
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From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
really
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From this reading “She’s really perfectly lovely, you know.
resumednounUS /ˈresumed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Strether resumed for a minute his walk.
seen
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From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she mused a moment in her friend’s way.
She's
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From this reading “She’s really perfectly lovely, you know.
Strether
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From this reading Strether resumed for a minute his walk.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
That's
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From this reading “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.”
walk
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From this reading Strether resumed for a minute his walk.
way
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From this reading And she mused a moment in her friend’s way.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “That’s precisely on what I perhaps most build.”
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Far prettier than any girl I’ve seen over here yet.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “She’s really perfectly lovely, you know.