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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 After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
absolutely
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From this reading She said this without a change of countenance, and it was absolutely true.
accepted
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
affairs
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
All
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
aside
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
Austin
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
await
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
bitterness
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
boy
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
bring
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
cannot
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
certain
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
change
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From this reading She said this without a change of countenance, and it was absolutely true.
chapter
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
chose
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
committed
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
conspiracy
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
contretemps
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
countenance
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From this reading She said this without a change of countenance, and it was absolutely true.
curious
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
defeat
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
depended
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
describe
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
described
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
determine
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
discomfiture
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
distinguished
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
episode
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
event
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
extraordinary
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
falsehood
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
family
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
Farrel-Austin
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
fraud
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
girl
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
Heaven
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
heirship
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
indefinite
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She said this without a change of countenance, and it was absolutely true.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
lull
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
made
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
Miss
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
mixture
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
more
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
most
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
natural
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
new
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
occurred
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
old
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
openly
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
person
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
personage
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
plans
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
power
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
ProvidencenounUS /ˈprɑː.və.dəns/
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
said
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
scheme
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She said this without a change of countenance, and it was absolutely true.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
simple
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
spring
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
stock
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From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
story
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
strange
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
Susan
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
there
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
thrust
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
thus
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From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
true
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From this reading She said this without a change of countenance, and it was absolutely true.
truth
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From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All depended upon Providence, as Miss Susan said, with the strange mixture of truth and falsehood which distinguished this extraordinary episode in her life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
way
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading All that could be done was to await the event which should determine whether a new boy was to spring of the old Austin stock, or the conspiracy to come to nothing in the person of a girl.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
wicked
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From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading After affairs had come to the point described in our last chapter, when Miss Susan had committed herself openly to her scheme for the discomfiture of Farrel-Austin, and that personage had accepted, with a bitterness I cannot describe, the curious _contretemps_ (as he thought) which thus thrust him aside from the heirship, of which he had been so certain, and made everything more indefinite than ever--there occurred a lull in the family story.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading If Providence chose to defeat her fraud, and bring all her wicked plans to nothing, it was still within the power of Heaven to do so in the most natural and simple way.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She said this without a change of countenance, and it was absolutely true.
