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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 STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
accident
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From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
Arabella
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To-day we are here, to-morrow we are gone.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
bicycle
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From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
bring
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From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
caught
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From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
CHARKE
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
day
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
Emperor
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
experience
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
far
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
fever
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From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
forecast
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
foretell
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From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
forth
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From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
full-rigged
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
future
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
girl's
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
gone
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From this reading To-day we are here, to-morrow we are gone.
greater
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
happy
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To-day we are here, to-morrow we are gone.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
India
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
joy
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
lives
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
love
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
madly
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
man
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
many
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
momentous
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
Moon
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
more
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From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
most
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
much
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From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
pass
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
pneumonia
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From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
possible
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
sailor
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
set
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
spent
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
STEPHEN
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
stretched
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
supreme
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
sweet
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
there
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
To-day
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From this reading To-day we are here, to-morrow we are gone.
to-morrow
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From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
together
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
uncle's
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A bicycle accident has done for us, or we have caught a fever or pneumonia, and we are no more.
vista
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
Waldron
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading To-day we are here, to-morrow we are gone.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
wife
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
year
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
years
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From this reading The man she was madly in love with had asked her to be his wife, and, so far as it was possible to forecast the future, it seemed that before them both there stretched a long vista of happy years to be spent together, or as many years together as a sailor and his wife can pass during the greater part of their lives.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet, who can foretell the future--even so much as what to-morrow may bring forth?
young
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From this reading STEPHEN CHARKE A year before this momentous day when Arabella Waldron was to set sail for India in her uncle's full-rigged ship, the Emperor of the Moon, there had come to her that supreme joy which is the most sweet experience of a young girl's life.
