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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 She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
action
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
all
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From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
appreciate
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
blackenedadjectiveUS /ˈblækənd/
made dark by burning or soot made dark by soot, burning, or black marks
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
Carnforth
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
composure
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
discarded
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
doing
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
dusty
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
Eleanor
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
eventually
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
evident
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
expected
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
far
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
fir-stumps
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
firs
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
Forster
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
fresh
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
gone
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
grass
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
how
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
human
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From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
Jordan
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
JORDAN'S
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
just
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
laid
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From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
legitimate
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
looking
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
lover
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
meeting
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
met
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
minutes
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
mood
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
natural
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
necessary
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
orchard
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
ranch
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
ranks
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
recognized
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From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
recovered
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
restraint
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From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
ribbon
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
road
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
rose
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
SCHEME
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
see
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
shrinking
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
sinuous
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
somber
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
some
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
somewhat
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
temper
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From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
then
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
twenty
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From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This, as she recognized, must be done eventually; but she was not sure that her legitimate lover would be in a mood to understand or appreciate her course of action when fresh from a meeting with the one she had discarded.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
very
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From this reading Jordan had laid very little restraint upon her, but he was, after all, human and had a temper.
walking
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading JORDAN'S SCHEME Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.
white
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
wondering
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From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Jordan, whom she had not expected to see just then, was walking along it with Forster, and, since it was evident that he must have met Carnforth, she was wondering, with a somewhat natural shrinking from doing so, how far it would be necessary to take him into her confidence.
wound
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From this reading She had recovered her composure, and was looking toward the dusty road which wound, a sinuous white ribbon, between the somber firs.
