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1912
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
2nd
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
auspicious
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
away
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
better
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
brood
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
Broughton
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
Club
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
clutch
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From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
conditions
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
dark
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
days
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
dear
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
dearest
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
dim
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
dissolve
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
drop
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From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
economise
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
elapsed
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
embank
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
enfeebled
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From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
faithfully
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
fall
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
fondly
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
go
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
got
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
graspnounUS /ɡræsp/
a firm hold in a specific situation in this story
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
growing
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
henceadverbUS /hens/
for this reason
From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
HENRY
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
Hugh
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
indeed
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
inefficiently
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
inkstand
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From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
JAMES
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
June
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
kind
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
languor
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From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
leak
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
letter
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
library
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
London
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
love
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
m
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
Mall
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
many
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
Megatherium
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
merely
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
Miss
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
moist
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
nerveless
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
now
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
Pall
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
pen
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From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
punily
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
Reform
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
Rhoda
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
S
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
say
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
scenes
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
seen
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
sit
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
solemn
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
Sunday
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
tends
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From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
Thackeray's
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
Too
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
transformations
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From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
tries
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
utterly
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From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
W
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From this reading */ _To Miss Rhoda Broughton._ /* Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. June 2nd, 1912.
waggle
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From this reading In that enfeebled clutch the pen itself tends to waggle and drop; and hence, in short, my appearance of languor over the inkstand.
Well
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From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading This is a dark moist Sunday a.m., and I sit alone in the great dim solemn library of this Club (Thackeray's Megatherium or whatever,) and say to myself that the conditions now at last _ought_ to be auspicious--though indeed that merely tends to make me but brood inefficiently over the transformations of London as such scenes express them and as I have seen them go on growing.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading */ /* My dear Rhoda, */ Too many days have elapsed since I got your kind letter--but London days do leak away even for one who punily tries to embank and economise them--as I do; they fall, as it were, from--or, better still, they utterly dissolve _in_--my nerveless grasp.
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Well, dearest Hugh, love me a little better (if you _can_) for this letter, for I am ever so fondly and faithfully yours, /* HENRY JAMES.
