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From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
angry
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
broad
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
broad-shouldered
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
came
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
candid
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
completion
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From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
cooling
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From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
countenance
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
crude
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
distresses
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From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
divorce
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From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
face
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
faithfulnounUS /ˈfaithful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
fancy
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
firm
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
heat
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From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
heaven
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
held
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
high
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
humour
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From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
inexperienced
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
intelligently
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From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
interested
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From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
kind
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From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
married
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From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
Milly
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From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
miserable
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
much
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From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
nearly
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
older
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
passion
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From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
passionate
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From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
people
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
refuge
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From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
say
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
self-satisfaction
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
smiling
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
taken
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
tender
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From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
things
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From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
used
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
very
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading § 8 "Milly was faithful and Milly was kind; she was a cooling refuge from the heat and distresses of my passion.
week
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From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
whim
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From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading "She married me within a week of the completion of my divorce."
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She was tender but not passionate; she was intelligently interested in things but without much whim or humour.
woman
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From this reading She had a broad, candid face that never looked either angry or miserable; she held her countenance high, smiling towards heaven with a pleasant confidence and self-satisfaction; she was very fair and she was broad-shouldered for a woman.
year
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
youngster
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From this reading She was nearly a year and a half older than I. She had, as people used to say, 'taken a great fancy' to me when first I came into the firm, a crude and inexperienced youngster.
