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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 He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
afforded
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
all
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
altogether
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
any
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
atmosphere
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
avoiding
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
begins
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
call
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From this reading Walter had not even come to call.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Walter had not even come to call.
cottage
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
deceived
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
down
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
easy
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
end
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
enlargement
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
escape
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Walter had not even come to call.
excuse
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
excusing
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
explaining
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
fact
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
failed
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
fleeing
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
follow
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
girl
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
girl's
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
Hard
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
Herbert
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
hope
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
hurried
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
Julia
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
leave
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
man
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
mother
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
natural
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Walter had not even come to call.
note
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
object
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
obliged
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
pass
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
possibility
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
poverty
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
pretensions
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
pride
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
process
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
recognise
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
relations
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
season
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From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
seek
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From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
sent
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
spent
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
there
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
tiny
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Walter had not even come to call.
town
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From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
Walter
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From this reading Walter had not even come to call.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had sent a hurried note excusing himself, and explaining that he was "obliged to leave town," an excuse by which nobody was deceived.
way
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Julia Herbert had failed altogether in her object during that end of the season which her relations had afforded her.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
wider
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From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Hard poverty, and the memories of a life spent in the tiny cottage with her mother, without any enlargement or wider atmosphere, and with but one way of escape in which there was hope or even possibility, had brought Julia to this pass.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It is not by any easy process that a girl, who begins with all a girl's natural pride and pretensions, is brought down to recognise the fact that a man is avoiding and fleeing from her, and yet to follow and seek him.
