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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 news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
abroad
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From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
advantage
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
all
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
amusement
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
arrived
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
assured
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
aware
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
begun
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
believed
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
Birkenbraes
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
boat
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
came
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
carriages
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
castle
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
companion
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
cottage
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
country
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
dinner
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
diplomatic
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From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
distinguished
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
down
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
draw
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
encounter
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
end
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
Erradeen
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
Erradeen's
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
evening
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
extraordinary
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
family
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
far
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
fire
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
gazing
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
getting
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
got
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
guests
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
high
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From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
home
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
Houran
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
how
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
I'm
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From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
indeed
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
jocose
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
just
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
keep
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From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
Kinloch
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
knew
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
known
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
lady
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
leaving
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
live
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
loch
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
Lord
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
man
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
moment
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
mood
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
mother
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
Mr
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
much
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
naturally
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
newly
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
news
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
offered
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
offices
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From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
old
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
others
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
out
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
perished
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
person
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
pride
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
rather
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
relation
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
say
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
see
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
seen
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
service
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From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
several
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
showing
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
sitting
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
sobered
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
some
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
spectacle
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
steam
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
strange
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
streamed
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
supposed
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
telling
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
there
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I'm thinking in the diplomatic service, or one of the high offices that keep a man abroad all his life.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
too
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
trouble
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From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
up
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
very
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
visitor
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From this reading The good man, however, had been much sobered out of that jocose mood by his encounter with the strange visitor whom he had first seen at Kinloch Houran, but had begun to draw a little advantage from that too, and was telling the lady next to him with some pride of Lord Erradeen's relation, a very distinguished person indeed.
visitors
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
Williamson
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From this reading It came to the party at Birkenbraes as they were sitting down to dinner, some time after everybody had come in from gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of the fire, got up, Mr. Williamson assured his guests, entirely for their amusement.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
world
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (I would rather for my part live in a cottage at home, but that is neither here nor there.) So as he was leaving and naturally could not trouble the family about carriages just at such a moment, I offered him the boat: and you could see them getting up steam.
young
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From this reading The news that Lord Erradeen, and it was supposed several others--some went so far as to say a party of visitors, others his mother, newly arrived as all the world was aware, and to whom he was showing the old castle, with a young lady who was her companion--had perished in the fire, streamed down the loch nobody knew how, and was known and believed to the end of the country before the evening was over.
