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The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman

Chapter VIII

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Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.
In other words, she was simple-minded.
The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.
She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.
She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman

Chapter VIII

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Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.
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In other words, she was simple-minded.
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The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.
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She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.
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She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.”

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.”

Balance noun US /ˈbalance/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Born noun US /born/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.”

Except preposition US /ɪkˈsept/

apart from; not including

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Express verb US /ɪkˈspres/

to show or communicate a feeling or idea

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Pearl noun US /pɜːrl/

a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Perhaps noun US /perhaps/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.”

Thought noun US /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

Took noun US /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.”

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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 The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

account

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

admirable

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

all

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

almost

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

also

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

Annette

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

any

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

baby

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

bags

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

balancenounUS /ˈbalance/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

beautiful

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

bedroom

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

bornnounUS /born/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

borrow

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

boxes

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

bracelet

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

bracelets

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

certain

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From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

chains

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

Charles

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

community

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

Conder

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

costly

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

credit

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

demand

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

diamond

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

didn't

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

direct

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

endless

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

established

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/

apart from; not including

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/

to show or communicate a feeling or idea

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

facility

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From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

fan

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

felt

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

Florence

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

garments

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

gave

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

getting

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

give

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

gold

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

goods

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

gratitude

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

Harman

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

honesty

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

honourable

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

husband

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

idea

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In other words, she was simple-minded.

indeed

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

instinctively

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

Isaac

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

Isaac's

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

jewellery

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

kind

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

lack

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From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

Lady

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

lockets

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

loot

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

made

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

means

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

Millicent

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

money

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

morbidly

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

morning-room

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

most

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

necklace

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

negotiable

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From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

occur

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

old

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

only

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

other

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From this reading In other words, she was simple-minded.

painted

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

paralyzing

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

particularly

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

pearlnounUS /pɜːrl/

a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

pendants

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

penny

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From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

perhaps

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

pocket-money

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

possible

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

pound

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

presents

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

prospect

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

purses

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

recoil

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

repayment

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

rich

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

richly

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

rings

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

sapphires

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

set

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In other words, she was simple-minded.

simple-minded

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From this reading In other words, she was simple-minded.

Sir

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

six-hundred

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

some

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

sorts

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

Spanish

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

spirit

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

splendid

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

stamps

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From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

surveyed

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From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

there

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

thoughtnounUS /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

tiara

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

tooknounUS /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

tradespeople

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

trinkets

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

trust

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

truthful

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From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

two

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From this reading She surveyed her balance of two penny stamps and even about these she felt a certain lack of negotiable facility.

uncertain

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From this reading She thought indeed that she might perhaps borrow money, but there again her paralyzing honesty made her recoil from the prospect of uncertain repayment.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Lady Harman was not only instinctively truthful but also almost morbidly honourable.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

wife

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

willing

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.

words

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From this reading In other words, she was simple-minded.

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From this reading The idea of a community of goods between husband and wife had never established itself in her mind, she took all Sir Isaac’s presents in the spirit in which he gave them, presents she felt they were on trust, and so it was that with a six-hundred pound pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, bracelets, lockets, rings, chains and pendants of the most costly kind—there had been a particularly beautiful bracelet when Millicent was born, a necklace on account of Florence, a fan painted by Charles Conder for Annette and a richly splendid set of old Spanish jewellery—yellow sapphires set in gold—to express Sir Isaac’s gratitude for the baby—with all sorts of purses, bags, boxes, trinkets and garments, with a bedroom and morning-room rich in admirable loot, and with endless tradespeople willing to give her credit it didn’t for some time occur to her that there was any possible means of getting pocket-money except by direct demand from Sir Isaac.