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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 Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
abandon
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
accomplishment
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
ago
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
arms
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
bespoke
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
black
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
blind
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
bric-à-brac
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
certain
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
claim
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
clumsiness
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
congruous
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crying
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
daintiness
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dashing
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demand
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
desert
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
dismally
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
dynamic
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
emotions
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
Essen
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From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
floor
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
girlish
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
glad
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
green
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
hangar
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
heart
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
Hildegarde
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From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
hour
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
incisive
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intensity
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
intent
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
joy
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
lips
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
listening
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
living
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
love
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
magic
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
mirage
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
moment
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
more
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
neglect
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
never-failing
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
oasis
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
other
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outlet
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
own
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
Potter's
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
practice
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From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
rather
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
sands
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
see
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
seen
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
sit
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From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
some
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
Somehow
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spring
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
surrendering
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
swearing
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
Tears
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From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
Thirsting
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
transformed
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
translating
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
up
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
using
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From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
veritable
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
von
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From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
well
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From this reading Tears did not sit well on Hildegarde von Essen; one did not expect them of her.
welled
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From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Thirsting on desert sands, she had seen in mirage a green oasis where welled up a never-failing spring of love; or, rather, it was as if she had seen a veritable oasis, a living spring, and by her own black magic had transformed it to mirage....
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
words
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From this reading She had returned half an hour ago from Potter's hangar, from listening to his claim upon her love, from feeling the demand of his arms about her, from a glad moment of surrendering her lips to his lips, and from the blind joy of translating her heart into words....
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Somehow it would have been more congruous to see her emotions using some other outlet--swearing with intent, incisive daintiness or dashing the bric-à-brac on the floor.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yet she was crying, not dismally, with girlish abandon, but with a certain dynamic intensity, a clumsiness, if you will, that bespoke neglect of practice in the accomplishment.
