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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 I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
absolute
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
achieve
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
advertisement
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
all
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
any
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From this reading "No," she said, "I know nothing of what any of you may suppose yourselves to know."
arrangement
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
attestation
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
aware
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
care
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
Cissy
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
clear
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
commonness
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
couldn't
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
don't
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
effect
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
elegance
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
element
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
envelope
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
enveloped
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
essential
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
extraordinary
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
facing
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
fact
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
far
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
fascinate
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
feel
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
Fielder
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
fill
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
friend
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
Gaw
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
get
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
going
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
got
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From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
handed
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
helping
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
how
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
human
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
inch
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
interesting
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
interval
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
It's
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From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
knowledges
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
latest
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
lovely
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From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
man
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From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "No," she said, "I know nothing of what any of you may suppose yourselves to know."
mean
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
Miss
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
most
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
Mr
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
much
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
neatness
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "No," she said, "I know nothing of what any of you may suppose yourselves to know."
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "No," she said, "I know nothing of what any of you may suppose yourselves to know."
noting
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
old
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From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
own
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
perfections
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
personal
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
please
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
polished
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
Rosanna
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
said
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
salver
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
scrap
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
some
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
spoke
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
sublime
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "No," she said, "I know nothing of what any of you may suppose yourselves to know."
supreme
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
surface
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
thereby
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
too
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From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
transposed
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
treat
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
tremendous
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From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
truth
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
use
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
waited
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From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
wavering
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Rosanna waited, facing her, noting her extraordinary perfections of neatness, of elegance, of arrangement, of which it couldn't be said whether they most handed over to you, as on some polished salver, the clear truth of her essential commonness or transposed it into an element that could please, that could even fascinate, as a supreme attestation of care.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
world
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From this reading "Take her as an advertisement of all the latest knowledges of how to 'treat' every inch of the human surface and where to 'get' every scrap of the personal envelope, so far as she is enveloped, and she does achieve an effect sublime in itself and thereby absolute in a wavering world"--with so much even as that was Miss Gaw aware of helping to fill for her own use the interval before she spoke.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It's too lovely that you should have got him to do what he ought--that dreadful old man!
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading But I don't know if you feel how interesting it's all going to be; in fact if you know yourself how wonderful it is that he has already--Mr. Fielder has, I mean--such a tremendous friend in Cissy."
yourselvespronounUS /jʊrˈselvz/
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading "No," she said, "I know nothing of what any of you may suppose yourselves to know."
