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3
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
All's
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
any
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
apartment
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
arrangement
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
articles
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
attempt
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
bind
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
cast
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
Charles
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
cosy
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
drizzling
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
Ends
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
evidently
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
exist
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
feminine
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
floor
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
full
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
glass
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
goblet
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
ground
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
home
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
Hymn
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
ill
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From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
iv
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
mingled
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From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
numerous
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
obscuring
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
offering
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
organization
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
paganism
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
Pagans
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
Persian
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
person
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
phase
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
picture
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
piety
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
pleasure
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
quaff
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
rain
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
refinement
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
Religious
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
river
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
rosary
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
shoulder
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
sitting-room
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
stones
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
striking
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
suggested
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
thread
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
throw
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From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading She answered, "cast thy rosary on the ground; bind on thy shoulder the thread of paganism; throw stones at the glass of piety; and quaff from a full goblet."
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
together
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From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
too
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
traveled
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
use
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
view
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
weather
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
web
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From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Well
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From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
windows
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From this reading _Persian Religious Hymn._ A fine, drizzling rain was striking against the windows of a cosy third floor sitting-room, obscuring what in pleasant weather was a fine distant view of the Charles river.
woman
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From this reading The apartment was evidently that of a woman, as numerous details of arrangement and articles of feminine use suggested; and quite as evidently it was the home of a person of taste and refinement, and of one, too, who had traveled.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _All's Well That Ends Well_; iv--3 To those who would be Pagans, did any such organization exist, I take pleasure in offering this attempt to picture a phase of life which they know.
yarnnounUS /jɑrn/
an informal story or conversation
From this reading The web of our life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
