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12th
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
adorable
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
American
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From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
Aug
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From this reading _Aug.
away
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From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
awful
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
blown
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From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
botherations
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
bounty
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
brushed
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From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
came
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
care
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
chances
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
charming
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
complications
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
delays
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
departure
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
didn't
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
enjoyed
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
faint
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
feel
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
Filippis
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
five
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
four
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
goodish
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
happy
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
heard
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
hope
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From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
horrid
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From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
incongruous
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
kilometres
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From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
knew
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From this reading I knew nothing of them at the time....
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
moments
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I knew nothing of them at the time....
occasions
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
old-time
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
only
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From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
perverted
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
place
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
refrains
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
reverberations
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
Rome
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
sailing
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
saw
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
shouldn't
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
strike
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
summer
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
superfluous
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
tendency
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I knew nothing of them at the time....
there
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I knew nothing of them at the time....
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can only hope that the horrid memory of it has been brushed and blown away for you by the wind of your American kilometres.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
writing
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From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
wrote
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From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I remained in Rome--for myself--a goodish while after last writing you, and there were charming moments, faint reverberations of the old-time refrains--with a happy tendency of the superfluous, the incongruous crew to take its departure as the summer came on; yet I feel that I shouldn't care if I never saw the perverted place again, were it not for the memory of four or five adorable occasions--charming chances--enjoyed by the bounty of the Filippis....
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 12th._ I wrote you last from Rome, I think--didn't I? but it was after that that I heard of your having had at the last awful delays and complications, awful _strike_-botherations, over your sailing.
