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acknowledge
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
Alice
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From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
all
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
array
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
bade
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
belt
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
better
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
Bobby's
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
bright
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
charm
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
clad
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
colour
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
design
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
detracted
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
dignity
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
dirty
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
doctor's
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From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
dragging
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
dressed
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
eye
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
farewell
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
feather
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
feminine
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
forced
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
frock
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
gait
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
gate
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
Georgiana
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
glory
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
heels
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
house
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From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SIR WALTER UP IN LONDON.
knowing
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
leathern
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
led
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
LONDON
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From this reading SIR WALTER UP IN LONDON.
love
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From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
Major
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From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
making
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
marks
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
more
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From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
once
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
ordinary
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
out
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
perambulators
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
petticoats
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
pretty
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
purpose
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
round
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
seen
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
SIR
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From this reading SIR WALTER UP IN LONDON.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
speedily
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
There
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
thoroughly
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From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
tight
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
toxopholite
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
UP
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From this reading SIR WALTER UP IN LONDON.
very
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From this reading She had been dressed in her ordinary morning frock,--the very frock on which he had more than once seen the marks of Bobby’s dirty heels; but she had pleased his eye better than Georgiana, clad in all the glory of her toxopholite array.
waist
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From this reading The toxopholite feather had been very knowing, the tight leathern belt round her waist had been bright in colour and pretty in design.
WALTER
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From this reading SIR WALTER UP IN LONDON.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
way
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
window
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From this reading There had been something in her gait as she led the way out through the window, and again, as with determined purpose she bade him speedily farewell at the gate, which forced him to acknowledge that the dragging of perambulators and the making of petticoats had not detracted from her feminine charm or from her feminine dignity.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Major, when he left the doctor’s house, was more thoroughly in love with Alice than ever.
