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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 François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
air
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
airless
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
all
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
answer
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
Appenzell
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
arose
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
assuming
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
back
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Already he felt himself no invalid, but a young man, with all a young man’s hopes before him.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
bring
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Already he felt himself no invalid, but a young man, with all a young man’s hopes before him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
cases
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
chair
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
change
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
close
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
commended
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
Continental
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
convalescence
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
creeping
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
cure
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
daily
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
de
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
delightful
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
doctors
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
easy
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
English
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
Everard
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
expedition
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
extremely
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
face
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
failed
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
fanciful
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
far
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
fast
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
felt
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From this reading Already he felt himself no invalid, but a young man, with all a young man’s hopes before him.
fictions
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
find
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
fir-tree
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
François
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
fresh
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
front
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
full
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
get
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
getting
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
gift
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
give
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
grape
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
greatest
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
heard
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
Herbert
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
hillsides
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
hoped
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
hopes
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From this reading Already he felt himself no invalid, but a young man, with all a young man’s hopes before him.
hotel
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
idea
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
improvement
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
inquiries
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
invalid
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From this reading Already he felt himself no invalid, but a young man, with all a young man’s hopes before him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
Kanderthal
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
lad
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
lait
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
leaving
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
made
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
man
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From this reading Already he felt himself no invalid, but a young man, with all a young man’s hopes before him.
man's
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From this reading Already he felt himself no invalid, but a young man, with all a young man’s hopes before him.
master's
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
medicine
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
minutes
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
mother
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
music
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
nature
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
novelty
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
nurse
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
opinion
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
opportunity
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
out
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
patient
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
perfumed
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
petit
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
primitive
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
progressing
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
recommending
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
robust
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
sapins
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
saunter
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
simple
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
solemn
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
soon
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
sooner
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
strong
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
suggested
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
taken
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
ten
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
threshold
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
thus
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From this reading He had no sooner heard of it than he began to find the Kanderthal close and airless, as Everard suggested to him, and in his progressing convalescence the idea of a little change and novelty was delightful to the lad thus creeping back across the threshold of life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
treatment
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
trees
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
tried
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
try
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
turning
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
up
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
valleys
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
visitors
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From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
whey
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From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I do not know that English doctors have the gift of recommending those pleasant simple fictions of treatment which bring their patient face to face with nature, and give that greatest nurse full opportunity to try her powers, as Continental doctors do, in cases where medicine has already tried its powers and failed--the grape cure, the whey cure, the fir-tree cure--turning their patient as it were into the fresh air, among the trees, on the hillsides, and leaving the rest to the mother of us all.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading When he returned from his daily expedition in his chair he would get out and saunter about for ten minutes, assuming an easy and, as far as he could, a robust air, in front of the hotel, and would answer to the inquiries of the visitors that he was getting strong fast, and hoped soon to be all right.
young
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From this reading François was already strong in the opinion that his master’s improvement arose from the sapins that perfumed the air in the Kanderthal, and made a solemn music in the wind; and the cure de petit lait in the primitive valleys of Appenzell commended itself to the young fanciful party, and to Herbert himself, whose mind was extremely taken up by the idea.
