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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 great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
act
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
afloat
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
age
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
article
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
Ash
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
back
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
backward
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
Beale
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
bearing
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
become
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From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
capricious
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
case
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From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
Claude
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
clear
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
confirm
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
conspired
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
Countess
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
darkened
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
depth
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
desire
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From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
drapery
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
dreamed
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
early
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
effect
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
encounter
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
eye
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
false
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
full
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
fumbled
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
gold
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
graspnounUS /ɡræsp/
a firm hold in a specific situation in this story
From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
greedy
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
hand
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
handful
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
impatience
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
inspiration
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From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
intense
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From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
justice
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From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
keep
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
ladyship
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
launched
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
leave
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
Maisie's
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From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
majestically
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
manoeuvre
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From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
manual
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
marked
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From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
members
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
moments
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From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
more
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From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
morrow
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
mother's
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From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
motions
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
Mrs
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
munificent
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
now
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
person
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
possible
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
presently
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
promptly
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
reappeared
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
relation
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
rendered
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From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
rich
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
seaway
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
sense
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
sent
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
set
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
she's
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
show
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From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
significance
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
single
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
Sir
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
small
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
soft
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
some
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From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
suggest
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
Susan
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
too
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
touch
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
trained
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From this reading The act had a significance for a little person trained, in that relation, from an early age, to keep an eye on manual motions, and its possible bearing was not darkened by the memory of the handful of gold that Susan Ash would never, never believe Mrs. Beale had sent back--"not she; she's too false and too greedy!"--to the munificent Countess.
visible
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From this reading One of these capricious members had fumbled with visible impatience in some backward depth of drapery and had presently reappeared with a small article in its grasp.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was the more the case as her hand had for some moments been rendered free by a marked manoeuvre of both of her mother's.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Maisie's desire to show what justice she did her had by this time become so intense as to have brought with it an inspiration.
work
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From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The great effect of their encounter had been to confirm her sense of being launched with Sir Claude, to make it rich and full beyond anything she had dreamed, and everything now conspired to suggest that a single soft touch of her small hand would complete the good work and set her ladyship so promptly and majestically afloat as to leave the great seaway clear for the morrow.
