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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 But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
able
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
accustomed
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From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
allowed
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
arrival
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From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
bath
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From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
bath-room
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From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
bear
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
bedroom
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
better
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
clothes
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
clungnounUS /clung/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
contrast
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
days
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
distressedadjectiveUS /dɪˈstrɛst/
suffering from pain, danger, or serious difficulty
From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
door
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
down
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
dulcify
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
evening
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From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
framed
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From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
gods
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
governess-resenting
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
home
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
housemaid
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
japanned
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From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
just
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
kind
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From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
luxury
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
mahogany
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From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
much
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
not-full
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
not-hot
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
not-large
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
papered
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From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
past
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
pined
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
plight
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
rather
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From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
sharper
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
shivering
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
slammed
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
sopped
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
there
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From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
things
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From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
tiled
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From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
tin
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From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
walls
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From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
Warden's
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From this reading These things, on the evening of her arrival at the Warden’s, had rather distressed her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
water
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
well-remembered
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From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The walls were papered, not tiled, and the bath itself was of japanned tin, framed in mahogany.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But she was the better able to bear them because of that well-remembered past when a bath-room was in itself a luxury pined for--days when a not-large and not-full can of not-hot water, slammed down at her bedroom door by a governess-resenting housemaid, was as much as the gods allowed her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
white-gleaming
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From this reading The bath-room was not of the white-gleaming kind to which she was accustomed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
