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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
able
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
account
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
accusations
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
act
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
agree
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From this reading He was so wrong that it seemed to her that she would be a hypocrite if she pretended to agree with him.
all
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
altogether
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
anxious
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
Arthur
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was so wrong that it seemed to her that she would be a hypocrite if she pretended to agree with him.
become
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
bring
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
candidature
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
compromise
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
conveyed
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
correspondence
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
coward
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
creep
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
crept
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
dinner
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
dismayed
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
Emily
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
endeavoured
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
enemy
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
evident
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
false
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
Fletcher
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
Fletcher's
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
fraudulently
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
giving
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
half-a-dozen
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
Hand
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
hardly
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
hoped
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
horrified
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
Horsewhip
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
husband
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
husband's
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
hypocrite
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From this reading He was so wrong that it seemed to her that she would be a hypocrite if she pretended to agree with him.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
joined
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
just
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
laid
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
letter
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
liar
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
Lopez
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
manner
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
matter
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
more
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
Mr
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
out
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
own
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
plot
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From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
possible
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
pretended
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From this reading He was so wrong that it seemed to her that she would be a hypocrite if she pretended to agree with him.
room
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was so wrong that it seemed to her that she would be a hypocrite if she pretended to agree with him.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
speak
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
sympathy
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
taken
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
There
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
thoroughly
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
troubled
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
view
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From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were half-a-dozen accusations conveyed against Mr. Fletcher by her husband's view of the matter.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was a liar, giving a false account of his candidature;--and he was a coward; and an enemy to her, who had laid a plot by which he had hoped to make her act fraudulently towards her own husband, who had endeavoured to creep into a correspondence with her, and so to compromise her!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He was so wrong that it seemed to her that she would be a hypocrite if she pretended to agree with him.
wrong
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From this reading While she had been alone she had thought it all over, anxious if possible to bring herself into sympathy with her husband; but the more she thought of it the more evident did it become to her that he was altogether wrong.
Yes
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From this reading "Yes;--with a Horsewhip in My Hand" Emily Lopez, when she crept out of her own room and joined her husband just before dinner, was hardly able to speak to him, so thoroughly was she dismayed, and troubled, and horrified, by the manner in which he had taken Arthur Fletcher's letter.
