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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 A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
boots
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
breeder
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
brown
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
came
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
Cicely
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
content
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
dachshund
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
daughter
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
dogs
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
door
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
doors
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From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
drove
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
embalmed
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
face
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
famous
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
feeding
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
firm-set
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
fly
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
followed
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
garden
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From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
GOODnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
Graham
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
green
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
happy
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From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
hardly
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
hat
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
healthy
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
Honourable
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
household
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From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
II
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
Jim
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
Jove
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
leading
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
leave
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
LONGnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
looking
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From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
man
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
marriage
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
married
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
Mountfield
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
moved
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
Mrs
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
ointment
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
only
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
other
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
out
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
people
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
poultry
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From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
retriever
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
said
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
shorthorns
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
shortish
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
skirt
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
sometimes
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
spare
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
stableyard
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
TALK
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
tall
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From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
thick
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
thirty
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
three
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
turkeys
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
tweed
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
Tyrolean
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
up
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From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A GOOD LONG TALK Mrs. Graham--she was the Honourable Mrs. Graham, a daughter of the breeder of Jove II. and other famous shorthorns--came out of the door leading to the stableyard as Cicely drove up.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was tall and spare, with a firm-set, healthy face, and people sometimes said that she ought to have been a man.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
woman
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From this reading But she was quite happy as a woman, looking after her poultry and her garden out of doors, and her dogs and her household within.
wore
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
years
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From this reading She had hardly moved from Mountfield since her marriage thirty years before, and the only fly in the ointment of content in which she had embalmed herself was that she would have to leave it when Jim married.
young
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From this reading She had been feeding young turkeys, and wore a shortish skirt of brown tweed, thick boots and a green Tyrolean hat, and was followed by three dogs--a retriever, a dachshund, and one that might have been anything.
