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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 A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
apartment
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
appear
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From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
belonged
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
BENEATHprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
bent
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
bobbing
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
came
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
card-tables
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
carriage
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
clearly
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From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
compared
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
crossed
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
curious
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
doubt
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
dowagers
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
dressed
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
dusky
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
elegantly
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
fashionable
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
felt
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
floor
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
gait
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
glimpses
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Neither the one nor the other is in good taste," he thought.
gossiping
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
gown
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
grace
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
groups
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
heads
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
HEMLOCKS
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
home
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From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
hotel
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Neither the one nor the other is in good taste," he thought.
interest
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
Jocelyn
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
large
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
looking
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
making
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
matrons
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
Mildred
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
Miss
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
most
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
mother's
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
mutteredverbUS /ˈmʌtərd/
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
nature
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading "Neither the one nor the other is in good taste," he thought.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "Neither the one nor the other is in good taste," he thought.
obtainverbUS /əbˈteɪn/
to get something, especially through effort
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Neither the one nor the other is in good taste," he thought.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
other
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From this reading "Neither the one nor the other is in good taste," he thought.
out
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
parlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
phrased
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
piazza
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
plainness
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
regulation
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
Roger
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
sat
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
saw
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From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
SCENE
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
some
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
Sunday
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
surroundings
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From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading "Neither the one nor the other is in good taste," he thought.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Neither the one nor the other is in good taste," he thought.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
unredeemed
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
up
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
very
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
watched
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From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
well
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From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
wide
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
windows
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He watched the groups at the card-tables with a curious interest, and the bobbing heads of gossiping dowagers and matrons; he compared the remarkable "make up," as he phrased it, of some of them with the unredeemed plainness of his mother's Sunday gown.
woman
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
world
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From this reading A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS Roger sat out on the dusky piazza of the hotel, looking into the large parlor through open windows which came to the floor, bent on making the most of such glimpses as he could obtain of the world to which he felt that Mildred belonged by right.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He saw clearly that she would appear well and at home amid such surroundings.
young
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From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A young and elegantly dressed woman crossed the wide apartment, and he muttered, "Your carriage is very fine and fashionable, no doubt, but Miss Jocelyn would have added grace and nature to your regulation gait."
